Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for finding the apparent situations of Jupiter's satellites.
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He conceived of an instrument, called a jovilabe, that would allow him to determine the apparent position of each of the satellites of Jupiter in relation to the sun and Earth.
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Below is one of the five drawings Galileo made to illustrate the jovilabe.
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