Cosimo II de' Medici (1590-1621)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3550. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Born in Florence, son of Ferdinand I, patron of GALILEO, whom he appointed professor of the University of Pisa, without teaching obligations. Galileo named the satellites of Jupiter `Medicea siderea' (Medicean stars) after him and the Medicean dynasty. Astronomers have, on the whole, resisted the naming of stars etc after sponsors, and the satellites became known after classical gods, given their...

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