Galileo+Galilei

= Galileo Galilei =

by: Kelsey Y and Tori B.

 * 1) **What were the contributions of these scientists?** He created a telescope with more magnification than the original. With which he discovered the moons of Jupiter.
 * 2) **What experiment did they perform (briefly outline)?** On certain nights he observed the moons. After one disappeared he assumed it was hidden behind Jupiter. Which ultimately led to the conclusion the moons orbited Jupiter.
 * 3) **Did they experiment because of an accidental discovery or did they discover something accidentally?** He discovered something accidentally because he was originally using his telescope to observe things.
 * 4) **Did their contribution lead to a theory or a law?** It led to the theory that the planets orbited around the sun and not the Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
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