Simon Marius (latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but...

Marius is a male name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman gens Maria. It is thought to be derived...

Simon Mayer may be an alternate spelling of: Simon Marius (1573–1624), German astronomer Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845), German composer This disambiguation...

Kepler, Marius agreed with Kepler's proposal and so he then proposed a naming system based on Greek mythology instead. This final Kepler/Marius proposal...

which were independently discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius and were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither Earth...

from Earth-based telescopes and the Hubble Space Telescope. Although Simon Marius is not credited with the sole discovery of the Galilean satellites, his...

Cadmus, Heracles, Minos, Lynceus, Cepheus, and Danaus. The astronomer Simon Marius named a moon of Jupiter after Io in 1614. Because her brother was Phoroneus...

Medicean Stars, but the names that eventually prevailed were chosen by Simon Marius. Marius discovered the moons independently at nearly the same time as Galileo...

independently discovered by Simon Marius on 8 January 1610 and are now called Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, the names given by Marius in his Mundus Iovialis...

of the hunt, Artemis. The name was suggested by Simon Marius soon after Callisto's discovery. Marius attributed the suggestion to Johannes Kepler. Jupiter...

Galileo, Simon Marius independently discovered moons around Jupiter, though he did not publish his discovery in a book until 1614. It was Marius's names...

System. Europa was discovered independently by Simon Marius and Galileo Galilei and was named (by Marius) after Europa, the Phoenician mother of King Minos...

Mercury were made by Thomas Harriot and Galileo from 1610. In 1612, Simon Marius observed the brightness of Mercury varied with the planet's orbital position...

Zeus's Roman counterpart) was named Ganymede by the German astronomer Simon Marius. In the Iliad, Zeus is said to have compensated Ganymede's father Tros...

Basel, allowing its wider dissemination throughout Europe. January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (died 1624)...

football league. Reference From Cologne Centurions: Max Richter, Flamur Simon, Marius Kensy, Jannik Lörcks From Barcelona Dragons: Alejandro Fernández From...

important early plant classification system (born 1560) 26 December – Simon Marius, German astronomer (born 1573) Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati...

Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712), German composer Simon Mayr (1763–1845), German composer Simon Marius (1573–1624), Simon Mayr in German, German astronomer Stephanie...

Simon Mair can be an alternate spelling of: Simon Marius (1573–1624), German astronomer Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845), German composer This disambiguation...

east-southeast, and rays from that formation reach the rim of Marius. The floor of Marius has been flooded by basaltic lava, and the surface is relatively...

century, Galileo publicized the use of the telescope in astronomy; he and Simon Marius independently discovered that Jupiter had four satellites in orbit around...

satellites of Jupiter using numbers while the names suggested by his rival Simon Marius gradually gained universal acceptance. The International Astronomical...

the first to record an observation of Io on January 8, 1610, though Simon Marius may have also observed Io at around the same time. During the 17th century...

Galilean moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) were named by Simon Marius soon after their discovery in 1610. However, by the late 19th century...

the Andromeda Galaxy based on observations by telescope is given by Simon Marius. December 28 – Galileo observes the planet Neptune for the first time...

period labeled it as the Little Cloud. In 1612, the German astronomer Simon Marius gave an early description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on telescopic...

Peiresc, and Simon Marius, published their confirmation of the Medicean Stars after Jupiter became visible again in the autumn of 1610. Marius, a German...

16th century. The Andromeda Galaxy was later independently noted by Simon Marius in 1612. In 1734, philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg in his Principia speculated...

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc of France. 1610: Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius observe Jupiter's Galilean moons. 1611: King James Bible or "Authorized...

on the sky, the "Milky Way", is composed of many faint stars. 1612 — Simon Marius using a moderate telescope observes Andromeda and describes as a "flame...