Galileo and the Impact of the Telescope on Astronomy Danny Pan Drexel University 10/21/09.
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International Year of Astronomy
No night without a telescope (Oct 18. to Nov. 24) www.haverford.edu/iya2009/
Sunday – Villanova
Monday – Widener
Tuesday – Swarthmore
Wednesday – Drexel
Thursday – Franklin Institute
Friday – West Chester
Saturday – Haverford AND UPenn
Galileo vs. Roman Catholic Church
Galileo published findings in 1610 Supported Heliocentric Model
In 1614, Father Tommaso Caccini denounced Galileo’s findings, calling it heresy
In 1632, papal trial found Galileo suspect of heresy, put under house arrest
Under house arrest until 1642, when he died
October 31, 1992, Pope John Paul II apologized