On sunspots

Galileo's telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging. Christoph Scheiner, a Jesuit mathematician, argued that sunspots were planets or moons crossing in front of the Sun. Galileo, o...

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Autores principales: Galilei, Galileo, Scheiner, Christoph, Reeves, Eileen, Helden, Albert van
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: University of Chicago Press 2010
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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1612724
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author Galilei, Galileo
Scheiner, Christoph
Reeves, Eileen
Helden, Albert van
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Scheiner, Christoph
Reeves, Eileen
Helden, Albert van
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description Galileo's telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging. Christoph Scheiner, a Jesuit mathematician, argued that sunspots were planets or moons crossing in front of the Sun. Galileo, on the other hand, countered that the spots were on or near the surface of the Sun itself, and he supported his position with a series of meticulous observations and mathematical demonstrations that eventually convinced even his rival.  On Sunspots collects the correspondenc
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