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No, Galileo did not invent the telescope. According to Wikipedia "The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey"
Galileo was the first person to turn the telescopes to the night sky and make some pretty contradictory observations.
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What was galileos accomplishment?
The telescope
What is Galileo Galilei Galileos main event in his life?
it is where he invents the telescope
Galileos telescope designs using lenses were examples of?
Refracting telescopes :}
What is 3 of Galileos discoveries or inventions?
thermometer, telescope and the inclined plane
Who is idea was it to put a telescope in space?
it was Edwin Hubble who had the idea to put a telescope in space
Why was Galileos idea considered so unusual at that time?
Beacause people thought that the Earth was the middle of the universe, not the sun.
How did galileos telescope sightings go against traditional European thought?
Becuase every one thought that the earth was the center of the universe (religion) and he tried to prove them wrong but they were to powerful with their numbers
How did galileos improved telescope allow him to support the heliocentric theory?
Galileo Galilei made the telescope by putting two lenses in to a wooden tube. the lenses focused the light coming through the tube, making the distant ojects seem closer.
When is Galileos birthday?
Galileo Galilei was born on February 15 1564, and died on 8 January 8, 1642.He made his first telescope in 1609, and discovered the moons around Jupiter in 1610.
Who came up with the idea of a telescope?
gaileau
Galileo got his idea for building a telescope from?
Galileo got his idea from a professor
When was the telescope invented and by who?
probably in his house. he was looking at the stars and figured out that when you hold two kinds of lenses in front of each other it magnifies it Galileos lived all his life in tuscony in Italy.
