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AVI Audio  |  1998-10-23  |  865.8 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  1 minute, 18 seconds
Transcription: This decision was finally annulled by Pope John Paul II in 1992 and Galileo was formally acquitted. Galileo was a founder of the science of experimental mechanics. He discovered the laws of motion, described the behavior of falling bodies and drew up the laws of ballistics. He also worked out the theory of the pendulum. It is a fitting tribute that a lunar crater has been named after him and also a large dark area on Jupiter's satellite Ganymede. The recent space probe to Jupiter has also been named in his honour. The Galileo probe was launched in October 1989 and after making one pass of Venu ...

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