MadSci Network: Science History
Query:

Re: who discovered the great red spot?

Date: Sun Nov 28 03:22:28 1999
Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Science History
ID: 943224003.Sh
Message:

The discovery of the Great Red Spot is usually attributed to Giovanni Domenico Cassini or to Robert Hooke; it has been known since the 17th Century AD.

This information was obtained from the Jupiter page at The Nine Planets.

Dan Berger
MadSci Administrator




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