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地動説と天動説
What he saw convinced him that the sun was the center of the universe—not the Earth. In 1609 this was a strange idea. For thousands of years, people thought that the sun and all the planets circled Earth once a day. The Catholic church held this belief as well.
望遠鏡で観察
Galileo’s telescope, however, revealed something far different. The surface of the moon was rough, like Earth’s. Mountains, valleys, and craters filled its landscape.
宗教裁判
The Inquisition had dug up their notes from that time. The notes stated that Galileo was warned not to “hold, teach, or defend” the Copernican system “in any way whatsoever.”
