... contradicted the Ptolemaic system and confirmed the Copernican system. In 1610, Galileo started to publish his findings on the Copernican system. The first publication of his findings was in "The Starry Messenger." The publications of Galileo's findings got him in a lot of trouble with the Catholic Church. In 1616, Galileo was summoned to Rome and band by the Catholic Church to discuss ... ...

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... used to develop his astronomical discoveries. The numerous astronomical discoveries made by Galileo with the aid of his telescopes were described in a short book called Message from the stars or Starry Messenger (Sidereus Nuncius) published in Venice in May 1610. In this book, Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the Moon, to have proved that the Milky Way was made up ... ...

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