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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ICanStopTheRain on 2025-03-13 02:17:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Galileo’s telescope wasn’t strong enough to tell what Saturn’s rings were, so he thought it was a larger central planet closely flanked by two smaller ones. He described the rings as Saturn’s “ears.”