First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582)

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dc.creatorAltschuler, Eric Lewin
dc.creatorJansen, William
dc.date2003-05-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:49:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:49:08Z
dc.descriptionWe note that the first unambiguous description of the Milk Way as being composed of a large number of discrete stars is in Sonnet 31 of Thomas Watson's (d 1592) Hekatompathia (1582), nearly 30 years before Galileo's description. We discuss implications of this early description.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305010
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305010
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/85283
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophy of Physics
dc.titleFirst Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582)
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