From Mica
The Beginnings of Planetary Observations
A talk by Giuseppe Longo, Department of Physical Sciences, University Federico II, Italy.
In 1609 Galileo pointed for the first time a telescope towards the sky, thus opening a new window on the universe. For more than a century after these pioneering observations the main targets of astronomers were the Moon and the planets. The talk shortly summarizes these observations and points out some strange and surprising facts.
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Slides
No known audio recording (Troy couldn't make it that day)