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Letter to Kepler on Copernicanism

Italy · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1597

Galileo Galilei1597

Science / Astronomy

Galileo writes to Johannes Kepler describing himself as a long-standing supporter of the Copernican system.

Names involved

Galileo Galilei

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