Galileův Prubíř aneb diskuse o podstatě a poloze komet
| Title in English | Galileo´s Assayer or the discussion about the nature and the place of comets |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Československý časopis pro fyziku |
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| Field | Astronomy and astrophysics |
| Keywords | Galileo;Assayer;optical theory of comets |
| Description | The book entitled ,,the Assayer" published in 1623 was a controversion text about the theory comets between Galileo and his opponent Horatio Grassi. Galileo was an author of the original but false optical theory of comets while Grassi proposed a supralunar origin of comets. |
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