Galilei
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Galilei is a surname, and may refer to:
Two craters have been named for Galileo Galilei, with a different spelling;
- Galileo GalileiGalileo GalileiGalileo Galilei , was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism...
(1564–1642), astronomer, philosopher, and physicist. - Vincenzo GalileiVincenzo GalileiVincenzo Galilei was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and the father of the famous astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and of the lute virtuoso and composer Michelagnolo Galilei...
(1520–1591), composer, lutenist, and music theorist; father of Galileo - Michelagnolo GalileiMichelagnolo GalileiMichelagnolo Galilei was an Italian composer and lutenist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, active mainly in Bavaria and Poland. He was the son of music theorist and lutenist Vincenzo Galilei, and the younger brother of the renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei.- Life :Galilei was...
(1575–1631), Baroque lutenist and composer, brother of Galileo - Alessandro Galilei (1691–1736), Florentine mathematician and architect
Two craters have been named for Galileo Galilei, with a different spelling;
- Galilaei (lunar crater)Galilaei (lunar crater)Galilaei is a lunar impact crater located in the western Oceanus Procellarum. Some distance to the southeast is the crater Reiner, while to the south-southwest is Cavalerius. Northeast of the crater is a meandering rille named the Rima Galilaei...
, on the Moon - Galilaei (crater on Mars), on Mars