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Martin Horký
Martin Horký (1578 – 1670s) was a Czechs, Czech astronomer, astrologer, pamphleteer and traveler. He was notable for his early – and ultimately incorrect – criticism of Galileo Galilei's identification of the lunar mountains and Galilean moons of Jupiter. A pamphlet published by Horký, the ''Brevissima Peregrinatio contra Nuncium sidereum'', is the first published work against a telescopic discovery. Biography Early life and education Horký was born in Lochovice in the Kingdom of Bohemia, to a family with a Protestantism, Protestant background.Bucciantini; Camerota; Giudice (2015). p. 94 He travelled around Europe in pursuit of medical training, eventually moving from his native Bohemia to Germany, France and then on to Bologna in Italy; Horký became a vocal supporter of Italian academic culture, and of the Bolognese republican government.Bucciantini; Camerota; Giudice (2015). p. 89 A medical student, copyist, and amateur philosopher, Horký quickly became active in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Planets
A classical planet is an astronomical object that is visible to the naked eye and moves across the sky and its backdrop of fixed stars (the common stars which seem still in contrast to the planets), appearing as wandering stars. Visible to humans on Earth there are seven classical planets (the seven luminaries). They are from brightest to dimmest: the Sun, the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Greek astronomers such as Geminus and Ptolemy recorded these classical planets during classical antiquity, introducing the term ''planet'', which means 'wanderer' in Greek ( and ), expressing the fact that these objects move across the celestial sphere relative to the fixed stars. Therefore, the Greeks were the first to document the astrological connections to the planets' visual detail. Through the use of telescopes other celestial objects like the classical planets were found, starting with the Galilean moons in 1610. Today the term ''planet'' is used considerably d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
