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Google Tribute to Nicolaus Copernicus |
 Google's
homepage today has an animated tribute to Nicolaus Copernicus on this
540th anniversary of his birthday. Only the planets know to exist in
Copernicus's day (out to Jupiter) are shown
orbiting the sun, plus our moon is orbiting Earth. Galileo had not yet
discovered the large large moons of
Jupiter nor had Christiaan Huygens found
Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Right-click in an empty place on the
screen and select View Source to see the immense amount of code used
to generate that animation (turn word wrap on).
Posted February
2013 |
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