Engraving of Marius in his book Mundus Iovialis (World of Jupiter), 1614
Born
Simon Mayr
(1573-01-10)10 January 1573
Gunzenhausen, Principality of Ansbach
Died
5 January 1625(1625-01-05) (aged 51)
Ansbach, Principality of Ansbach
Nationality
German
Known for
Naming the four largest moons of Jupiter, studying Andromeda Galaxy, Jupiter
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy
Simon Marius (latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625)[1] was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach. He is best known for being among the first observers of the four largest moons of Jupiter, and his publication of his discovery led to charges of plagiarism.
^Rosen, Edward (2008). "Mayr (Marius), Simon". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved 2 January 2019 – via encyclopedia.com.
SimonMarius (latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but...
which were independently discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and SimonMarius and were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither Earth...
Medicean Stars, but the names that eventually prevailed were chosen by SimonMarius. Marius discovered the moons independently at nearly the same time as Galileo...
independently discovered by SimonMarius on 8 January 1610 and are now called Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, the names given by Marius in his Mundus Iovialis...
Simon Mayer may be an alternate spelling of: SimonMarius (1573–1624), German astronomer Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845), German composer This disambiguation...
Galileo, SimonMarius independently discovered moons around Jupiter, though he did not publish his discovery in a book until 1614. It was Marius's names...
satellites of Jupiter using numbers while the names suggested by his rival SimonMarius gradually gained universal acceptance. The International Astronomical...
Simon Mair can be an alternate spelling of: SimonMarius (1573–1624), German astronomer Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845), German composer This disambiguation...
16th century. The Andromeda Galaxy was later independently noted by SimonMarius in 1612. In 1734, philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg in his Principia speculated...
century, Galileo publicized the use of the telescope in astronomy; he and SimonMarius independently discovered that Jupiter had four satellites in orbit around...
the first to record an observation of Io on January 8, 1610, though SimonMarius may have also observed Io at around the same time. During the 17th century...
important early plant classification system (born 1560) 26 December – SimonMarius, German astronomer (born 1573) Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati...
period labeled it as the Little Cloud. In 1612, the German astronomer SimonMarius gave an early description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on telescopic...
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc of France. 1610: Galileo Galilei and SimonMarius observe Jupiter's Galilean moons. 1611: King James Bible or 'Authorized...
Titanesses and Giants—brothers and sisters of Cronus. The idea was similar to SimonMarius' mythological naming scheme for the moons of Jupiter. As Saturn devoured...
Galilean moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) were named by SimonMarius soon after their discovery in 1610. However, by the late 19th century...
Peiresc, and SimonMarius, published their confirmation of the Medicean Stars after Jupiter became visible again in the autumn of 1610. Marius, a German...
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