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Did Galileo invent the telescope? Hans Lippershey, who made eyeglasses in
the Netherlands, invented the telescope in 1608. He wanted to see things far
away--on land--so he putting together existing technology with his imagination,
he came up with the telescope. The Dutch government tried to keep his
new invention under wraps, but Lippershey's secret was soon uncovered. When
Galileo Galilei heard about it, he built his own. Galileo's telescope was three
times (3x) more powerful than Lippershey's, and Galileo had the idea of turning
the new device towards the night sky for research. In 1611, he saw Ganymede,
Io, Europe, and Callisto--proof that Jupiter had moons and that Earth wasn't
the center of the universe (or even the solar system). People have come to believe that Galileo
invented the telescope because of all the discoveries he made with it. However.
he did invent many other things, including, somewhat ironically, the
microscope, which we use for exploring inner space. But the true inventor of
the telescope was Holland's Hans Lippershey. Charles Mims |
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