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From: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: Galileo's anagram
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Date: Sat, 27-Oct-84 15:06:15 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 27 15:06:15 1984
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I believe Galileo's anagram documenting his discovery of the phases
of Venus is described in Koestler's THE SLEEPWALKERS. As I recall, Kepler
gamely attempted to solve the anagram and came up with something to the
effect of, "Mars has two companions" - except he had a couple of letters
left over.  Of course, this was over 200 years before the discovery of the
Martian moons.

	Lew Mammel, Jr. ihnp4!ihuxr!lew