Galileo (jan 3, 1564 – jan 8, 1642)
Description:
Of all of his telescope discoveries, he is perhaps most known for his discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter, now known as the Galilean moons: Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. When NASA sent a mission to Jupiter in the 1990s, it was called Galileo in honor of the famed astronomer.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 3, 1564
jan 8, 1642
~ 78 years