Question

Which gaseous giants did renaissance scientists such as galileo know about? Check all that apply.jupitermarsneptunesaturnuranus

Answer 1

The correct answer is Jupiter.

Renaissance scientists Galileo discovered the gas giant Jupiter.

Galileo was the first astronomer to observe the four moon (Io , Europa , Ganymede , Callisto) that orbit Jupiter. Galileo's observation was a major breakthrough in astronomy because it laid the foundation of heliocentric model of the solar system and disintegrated the geocentric model of the solar system.