Who is Galileo & why is he important? Galileo was a natural philosopher,astronomer and mathematician.
When was Galileo alive? He was alive from the years 1564 to 1642
What country did he live in? He lived in Pisa, Italy.
What was Galileo famous for? He was most famous for his discovery of the four moons of Jupiter.
What are the 5 main discoveries that Galileo made? He discovered the phases of Venus & Jupiter’s moons. The stars of the milky way. The first pendulum clock and the sun.
Was Galileo ever punished for his ideas? Yes, in 1633 the Roman Catholic Church forced one of the founders of modern science, to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun.
Some interesting facts about Galileo.
He was a college dropout
His daughters were nuns
He spent his final year under house arrest
NASA named a spacecraft for him
