Galileo Moons

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Galileo Moons
This is what Galileo saw when he looked through
his telescope at Jupiter.
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The page to the left was copied from Galileos
notebook. Each night he recorded Jupiter and
the moons he could see with his telescope.
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Mapping the Moons of Jupiter

• The following pictures were taken for 8 nights in
  a row. The moons have been color coded so that
  you can follow one moons path. Select one color
  of moon and map its path on a chart like the
  example below. Continue for 8 nights.

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Print this page or make a duplicate in your
notebook. Name _________________________ color
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-2 -1 0
1 2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Estimate 9 and 10
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Galileos Observations
Night 1
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This concludes this activity. You may wish to
repeat and map each of the other moons.Can you
name and identify the 4 moons?

• Activity adapted from the Moons of Jupiter,
  Lawrence Hall of Science, University of
  California at Berkeley