GALILEO GALILEI

WHO IS GALILEO GALILEI

• Galileo was the oldest out of six brothers and sisters. Galileo was born in Pisa in February 1564. His mother was named Giulia and his father was a musician named Vincenzo. The family's last name was Galilei. That means Galileo's first name was basically the same as his last name. He is often referred to 'Galileo'

WHAT GALILEO MADE

• Galileo made a telescope to look at Jupiter's moons, venus, saturn, neptune, sunspots, moon's craters and mountains, comets, the tides of the sea, the milky way and other different stars. He also made a microscope, thermometer and a pendulum clock.

WHEN WAS GALILEO BORN AND WHERE DID HE GO

• Galileo was born in Pisa in February 1564. When he was older he was imprisoned under house arrest in his villa in Florence.

GALILEOS CHILDREN

• Galileo had three children, two girls and one boy. The oldest child was named Virginia, she was a nun and chose a new name for herself. She was known as Maria Celeste. She study medicines just like her father did, but after a while she died at the age of thirty-four by dysentry.