Simon Marius
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Simon Marius was a German astronomer best known for his early telescopic observations of celestial objects and for independently discovering the four largest moons of Jupiter around the same time as Galileo.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German astronomer
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Simon Mayr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1573-01-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1624-01-05 ⓘ |
| described | Andromeda Nebula as a faint, cloud-like patch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovered |
Callisto
NERFINISHED
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Europa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganymede NERFINISHED ⓘ Io NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryContext | independent of Galileo Galilei ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | telescope ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Padua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Scientific Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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observational astronomy ⓘ |
| hasAsteroidNamedAfter | (7984) Marius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLunarCraterNamedAfter | Marius (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ptolemaic astronomy
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Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early telescopic observations of celestial objects
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geocentric interpretation of telescopic observations ⓘ independent discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter ⓘ naming the Galilean moons of Jupiter ⓘ work on the Andromeda Nebula ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Simon Marius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| named |
Callisto
NERFINISHED
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Europa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganymede NERFINISHED ⓘ Io NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
one of the earliest telescopic observers of Jupiter
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priority dispute with Galileo over discovery of Jupiter’s moons ⓘ |
| notableWork | Mundus Iovialis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observed | Andromeda Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ |
| opposedModel | Copernican heliocentrism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Gunzenhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ansbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
court astronomer
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court mathematician ⓘ |
| proposedNameCollective | Medicean stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | Mundus Iovialis, 1614 ⓘ |
| supportedModel | geocentric cosmology ⓘ |
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