How A Misinterpreted Anagram Predicted The Moons of Mars
On the morning of July 25 , 1610 , Galileo pointed his telescope at Saturn and was surprised to find that it appeared to be flank by two round blobs or bumps , one on either side . unluckily , Galileo ’s scope was n’t quite advanced enough to pick out exactly what he had seen ( his observations are now credited with being the early description of Saturn ’s hoop in galactic history ) , but he nevertheless make bold that whatever he had pick up was something special ....