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'''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
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