Simon Marius - Wikipedia
WEBKnown for. Naming the four largest moons of Jupiter, studying Andromeda Galaxy, Jupiter. Scientific career. Fields. Astronomy. Simon Marius ( latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625) [1] was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach.
Simon Marius | Moons of Jupiter, Astronomy, Telescopes
WEBMar 25, 2024 · Simon Marius (born January 10, 1573, Gunzenhausen, Bavaria [Germany]—died December 26, 1624, Anspach) was a German astronomer who named the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All four are named after mythological figures with whom Jupiter fell in love.
Simon Marius – Wikipedia
WEBSimon Marius (latinisierte Form von Simon Mayr; * 10. Januar 1573 jul. in Gunzenhausen, damals Markgrafschaft Ansbach, heute Bayern; † 26. Dezember 1624 jul. / 5. Januar 1625 greg. in Ansbach) war ein deutscher Mathematiker, Astronom und Arzt.
The Galileo Project | Science | Simon Marius
WEBMarius's oldest surviving observation of Jupiter's satellites dates from the end of December 1610. In his prognostications for 1612, finished in March 1611, he stated that he had observed Jupiter's moons since December 1609 and …
Simon Marius | Encyclopedia.com
WEBSimon Marius. 1573-1624. German astronomer among the first to use the telescope for viewing celestial objects. He discovered Jupiter's satellites, if not before then shortly after Galileo, but waited until 1614 to publish his observations.
Simon Marius and his Astronomical Discoveries | SciHi Blog
WEBJanuary 2021 2 Harald Sack. Simon Marius (1573-1625) On January 20 (or January 10 according to the old Julian calendar ), 1573, German astronomer Simon Marius was born. Marius was pupil of Tycho Brahe, one of the earliest users of the telescope and the first in print to make mention the Andromeda nebula. He studied and named the four largest ...
The Checkered Career of Simon Marius | SpringerLink
WEBNov 1, 2018 · One of the earliest “wannabees” was the German astronomer Simon Marius. Born Simon Mayr (later Latinized to Marius) on January 10, 1573, in Gunzenhausen in the region of the Markgrafschaft of Ansbach (Bavaria, south Germany), where his father served as mayor of the city in 1576.
Happy 450th Birthday Simon Marius! - Vatican Observatory
WEBJan 10, 2023 · Simon Marius (1573–1624) was margravial court astronomer in Ansbach, Southern Germany [Franconia] and independently of Galileo Galilei discovered in January 1610 the four largest moons of Jupiter [note the four moons at top left in the picture above] and later the phases of Venus, but lost the priority dispute, because he failed to publish …
Simon Marius and His Research | SpringerLink
WEBOverview. Editors: Hans Gaab, Pierre Leich. Combines a translation of the most important work of Simon Marius, the German Galilei, with the current research on Marius. Addresses all astronomical aspects of the activity of Marius. Numerous illustrations explain the articles and give insight into original works.
UNLV Physics & Astronomy
WEBSimon Marius was the first to telescopically observe and describe the Andromeda nebula (i.e., the Andromeda galaxy ) which he did 1612 (see Wikipedia: Simon Marius: Discoveries ; Wikipedia: Andromeda Galaxy: Observation history ; No-402 ).
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