Simon Marius

From Conservapedia

Simon Maius was a german astronomer who named the four moons of Jupiter. He lived 1573 - 1624.

There is some dispute of his claim to have discovered the moons of Jupiter and they are generally credited to Galileo.

References

• http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/marius.html
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/ren_epoch/marius.html