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25 de mar. de 2024 · Simon Marius (born January 10, 1573, Gunzenhausen, Bavaria [Germany]—died December 26, 1624, Anspach) was a German astronomer who named the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All four are named after mythological figures with whom Jupiter fell in love.
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29 de mar. de 2024 · It was probably also discovered independently that same year by the German astronomer Simon Marius, who named it after Ganymede of Greek mythology. Ganymede has a diameter of about 5,270 km (3,275 miles), which makes it larger than the planet Mercury. It orbits Jupiter at a distance of 1,070,000 km (665,000 miles).
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Hace 1 día · Ganymede's discovery is credited to Simon Marius and Galileo Galilei, who both observed it in 1610, as the third of the Galilean moons, the first group of objects discovered orbiting another planet. Its name was soon suggested by astronomer Simon Marius, after the mythological Ganymede , a Trojan prince desired by Zeus (the Greek ...
Hace 3 días · Europa was discovered independently by Simon Marius and Galileo Galilei and was named (by Marius) after Europa, the Phoenician mother of King Minos of Crete and lover of Zeus (the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Jupiter). Slightly smaller than Earth's Moon, Europa is made of silicate rock and has a water-ice crust and probably an ...
6 de abr. de 2024 · Callisto, outermost of the four large moons (Galilean satellites) discovered around Jupiter by the Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610. It was probably also discovered independently that same year by the German astronomer Simon Marius, who named it after Callisto of Greek mythology.
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Hace 3 días · In 1612, the German astronomer Simon Marius gave an early description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on telescopic observations. Pierre Louis Maupertuis conjectured in 1745 that the blurry spot was an island universe.
5 de abr. de 2024 · 5. April 2024. Nürnberg (epd). Für den mittelfränkischen Hofastronom Simon Marius war es vor 400 Jahren sein wichtigstes Werk, aber auch die Veröffentlichung, die ihn seine Karriere kostete: "Mundus Iovialis" (Die Welt des Jupiter).
