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What did Galileo call the dark flat parts of the moon?
He thought they were seas. He called them maria (Latin for sea). Today scientists still call the dark, flat parts maria. Marias were formed when magma flowed through the surface of the moon. The magma cooled and became flat and dark.
What was an accomplishment of Galileo Galileo Galileo?
Locating sunspotsSeeing mountains on the moon
Why did Galileo use the Latin word 'Maria' to descibe the vast lakes of harded lava he saw on the moon?
Galileo used the Latin word 'Maria' to describe the vast lakes of hardened lava he saw on the moon because 'Maria' means 'seas' in Latin. Although these features are not actual bodies of water, they resemble the appearance of large, dark, smooth plains or seas when observed from Earth.
What are the different types of lunar surface features?
Craters are one of the moon's landforms. Another lunar landform is a maria, which is what Galileo called the lowland areas of the moon because he thought that they were covered in water (maria is Latin for sea).
Which planet has a moon named europa by Galileo?
Jupiter has the moon called Europa. (Galileo discovered this moon, but actually the name was given by another person.)
What is a maria in scientific terms?
When Galileo looked through his telescope at the moon, he saw dark, flat parts of the moon's surface which he called maria.
What feature of the moon did Galileo identify?
Galileo correctly inferred that some of the light-colored features he saw on the moons surface were highlands, or mountains.(:
What are Galileo's moon observations?
Galileo discovered that between the moons night and day sides the top was sometimes irregular and sometimes the bottom was smooth. He realized the irregularities were because the mountains on the moon.
What maria on the surface of the moon look like and how they came to be known as maria.?
Maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on the moon. Galileo named these places 'maria' after the Latin word for sea because he thought they looked like oceans.
How did the invention of the telescope contribute to the knowledge of the moon surface?
Galileo's invention helped people see the craters and maria on the moon's surface.
Describe what maria on the surface of the moon look like and how they came to be known as maria?
Maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on the moon. Galileo named these places 'maria' after the Latin word for sea because he thought they looked like oceans.
What did Galileo call the dark flat parts of the moon?
He thought they were seas. He called them maria (Latin for sea). Today scientists still call the dark, flat parts maria. Marias were formed when magma flowed through the surface of the moon. The magma cooled and became flat and dark.
Why did Galileo name the Moon the Moon?
Galileo did not name the Moon the Moon.
Who was the first astronomer to make a drawing of the moon?
Galileo.
How did the invention of the telescope contribute to our knowledge of the moons surface?
Galileo's invention helped people see the craters and maria on the moon's surface.
What was an accomplishment of Galileo Galileo Galileo?
Locating sunspotsSeeing mountains on the moon
Why are there so few craters on the maria?
The maria are the craters. I believe it was Galileo who saw the dark spots on the moon and thought that they were seas, which is why he called them maria ("mar" being Latin for sea). Since then, advancements have been made in astronomy which have shown that the maria are not seas, but craters.
