| Godefroy Wendelin |
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Around 1630 he measured the distance between the Earth and the Sun using the method of Aristarchus Of Samos . The value he calculated was 60% of the true value (243 times the distance to the Moon ; the true value is about 384 times; Aristarchus calculated about 20 times). In 1643 he recognized that Kepler's Third Law applied to the satellites of Jupiter . Wendelin corresponded with Mersenne , Gassendi and Constantijn Huygens . Vendelinus Crater on the Moon is named after him. External links |