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In-depth: Saturn's rings
In some observations conducted in 1610, Galileo (1564-1642) saw Saturn as tricorporeo [three-bodied], i.e., composed of a central body and two lateral bulges, which he mistakenly thought to be satellites. In 1655, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), thanks to a more powerful telescope, observed Saturn's [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- In depth
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- In depth
Providing institution
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Issue date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:indepth:100020
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- text/image
Language
- eng
- ita
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- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/GalileoGalileiSidereusNunciusFacsimile.html
Year
- 2010
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- Italy