jan 1, 1610 - Galilean Telescope

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Galileo (likely in Italy) develops a telescope capable of observing sun spots and Jupiter's moons. This telescope would prove critical to supporting a Copernican solar model to skeptics still faithful in a heliocentric model of the solar system. It would later go on to contribute to other theories and observations crucial to the growth of physics and astronomy.

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