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feb 15, 1564 - Galileo Galilei was born

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An Italian polymath. The central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific renaissance into the scientific revolution.
Discovered: Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, Lo, and rings of saturn
Known for: Kinematics, Analytical dynamics, and telescope heliocentrism.

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feb 15, 1564
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~ 462 years ago

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