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"Sidereus Nuncius" by Galileo Galilei

Tretis de Lumen

Written in 1610, Sidereus Nuncius (The Sidereal Messenger) was Galileo firstearthshaking book. In addition to offering rich and detailed evidence forCopernican heliocentrism, this treatise documented Galileo's discovery ofthe four moons circling Jupiter, his first fruits from his newly inventedtelescope. Sidereus Nuncius contains an introductory passage about thetelescope, a section on Galileo's lunar observations, a description of howthe planets and the fixed stars appeared through his telescope, a daily logof sightings of Jupiter and its satellites. It also contains Galileo'srefutations of the arguments against Copernicus's work in De RevolutionibusOrbium Coelestium.

Height 2.9 in

Mass 216 g

Fired High

Glaze None

Started 8/1/99

Finished 2/26/00

Style Carbon60

Series Tretis de Lumen

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