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- Title
Learning from Galileo's errors.
- Authors
Bernieri, Enrico
- Abstract
The article presents a study which reanalyzed the first observations made by scientist Galileo Galilei on Jupiter's satellites using a modern planetarium software. The study has compared the angular records presented in Galilei's book "Sidereus Nuncius" with the elongations of the satellites. Findings reveal the experimental errors in the measurements made by Galilei, as well as the prevailing error in asymmetrical distribution.
- Subjects
SATELLITES of Jupiter; GALILEI, Galileo, 1564-1642; PLANETARIUMS; MEASUREMENT errors; SIDEREUS Nuncius (Book); COMPUTER software
- Publication
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 2012, Vol 122, Issue 3, p169
- ISSN
0007-0297
- Publication type
Article