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Marius (in Latin; German Simon Mayr) (January 10, 1573 – December 26,
1624) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, but most of
his lifetime he spent in the city of Ansbach. In 1614 Marius published
his work Mundus Iovialis describing the planet Jupiter and its moons.
Here he claimed to have discovered the planet's four major moons some
days before Galileo. This led to a dispute with Galileo, who showed
that Marius provided only one observation as early as Galileo's, and it
matched Galileo's diagram for the same date, as published in 1610. It
is considered possible that Marius discovered the moons independently,
but at least some days later than Galileo; if so, he is the only person
known to have observed the moons in the period before Galileo published
his observations. Regardless of priority, the mythological names by
which these satellites are known today (Io, Europa, Ganymede and
Callisto) are those given them by Marius. Simon Marius also claimed to
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