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Galileo's drawing of lunar craters, 1611, (c1655). Artist: Unknown

Galileo's drawing of lunar craters, 1611, (c1655). Artist: Unknown

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Galileo's drawing of lunar craters, 1611, (c1655). Galileo Galilei (1554-1642), Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist made the first effective working telescope in 1609. He described his telescopic obserations of the Moon in a letter to the Swiss Jesuit astronomer, Christopher Grienberger (1564-1636).

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  1. Galileo Galilei: Italian: Astronomer, author, physicist
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  1. Christopher Grienberger: Swiss: priest, astronomer
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