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1. He discovered craters and mountains on the moon:<br />

2. He discovered spots on the sun:<br />

Both of these were revolutionary in that the Catholic church had long ago adopted the<br />

Aristotelian idea that the moon and sun were “perfect” objects – spherical, perfectly<br />

smooth, and in the case of the sun, unblemished.<br />

2

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