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GALILEO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)
Synonyms:
Galileo; Galileo Galilei
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
Derivation:
Galilean (of or relating to Galileo or his works)
Context examples:
Volcanoes were first discovered on Io in 1979, and subsequent studies by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, which first flew by Io in 1996, and ground-based telescopes show that eruptions and lava fountains occur constantly, creating rivers and lakes of lava.
(A Hellacious Two Weeks on Jupiter's Moon Io, NASA)
In 1996, shortly after arriving at Jupiter, Galileo made a surprising discovery: Ganymede had its own magnetic field.
(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)
The mosaic of color images was obtained in the late 1990s by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
(NASA Issues 'Remastered' View of Jupiter's Moon Europa, NASA)
Galileo's spectrometer found water ice and a substance that appeared to be magnesium sulfate salts (like Epsom salts).
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
Jia's team was inspired to dive back into the Galileo data by Melissa McGrath of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
For the first time, Galileo observed strong flows of plasma pushed between Jupiter and Ganymede due to a magnetic reconnection event occurring between the two magnetospheres.
(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)
Galileo carried an infrared spectrometer, an instrument scientists use to examine the composition of a surface they're studying.
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
Data collected by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997 were put through new and advanced computer models to untangle a mystery — a brief, localized bend in themagnetic field — that had gone unexplained until now.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
Far across the solar system, from where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting Jupiter.
(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)
Flybys from NASA's Voyager and Galileo spacecraft have led scientists to conclude that Europa is covered by a layer of salty liquid water encased in an icy shell.
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
