Turning the Book Wheel
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In Sidereus Nuncius…, Galileo records his observations of four bright objects arranged in a straight line near the planet Jupiter. As he observed with his telescope over several days, these objects moved, though always staying on the same plane, leading him to conclude that they were in orbit around Jupiter.
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