# #Mon Aug 09 11:50:40 CEST 2010 Text__a70jIKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Galileo\u2019s Telescope Text__a70jIKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=

The telescope is invented around 1609. Galileo recognizes its importance immediately and improves its construction. With the telescope, he observes mountains on the moon and discovers four of the moons of Jupiter. The telescope becomes a symbol of the heliocentric astronomy condemned by the Church.