Galileo's diagram of the Solar System, 1632. By Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Galileo's diagram of the Copernican (heliocentric) solar system. This diagram also shows his discovery of the four satellites of Jupiter. From 'Dialogo,' 1632.

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