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==Astronomy== * April 16 – The works of astronomer [[Galileo Galilei]] espousing [[heliocentrism]] are removed (with the approval of [[Pope Benedict XIV]]) from the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' list of books banned by [[Roman Catholic Church]], along with "all books teaching the earth's motion and the sun's immobility". Other works of heliocentrists Galileo, [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], [[Johannes Kepler]], [[Diego de Zúñiga]] and Paolo Foscarini remain on the list.<ref>Maurice A. Finocchiaro, ''Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992'' (University of California Press, 2007) p138</ref> * [[Nicolas Louis de Lacaille]] publishes his ''Astronomiae Fundamenta Novissimus'', containing a standard catalogue of 398 bright stars with positions corrected for [[Aberration of light|aberration]] and [[astronomical nutation|nutation]]. * [[Tobias Mayer]] presents accurate tables of the [[Moon]]'s motion to the [[Board of Longitude]] in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].
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