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Google pays tribute to Ole Roemer's discovery of the speed of light

| | Dec 07, 2016, at 04:57 pm
Mountain View, Dec 7 (IBNS): Tech giant Google on Wednesday dedicated a doodle to mark the 340th anniversary of the determination of the speed of light.

Speed of light was discovered in 1676 by Ole Roemer, a Danish astronomer.

Roemer's method was based on observations of the eclipses of the moons of Jupiter by Jupiter.

 

 

#OleRomer #Jupiter #Astronomy #GoogleDoodle #SpeedOfLight

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