torsdag den 15. januar 2009

'English Galileo' maps on display


Lunefulde måne ...
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Moon struck ...
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By Christine McGourty

"Moon maps" created by a little-known Englishman 400 years ago are to go on display to mark the launch of the International Year of Astronomy.

Experts say they prove their creator - Thomas Harriot - beat Galileo to become the first man to view the Moon through a telescope.

The Italian philosopher is credited with the feat in December 1609.

But papers at the West Sussex Record Office show that Harriot drew images of the Moon several months earlier.  [...]

Thomas Harriot's Moon map (Image courtesy of Lord Egremont)

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