Leonardo’s final resting place, he died of a stroke here in 1519. While he was heralded in life as a great man of the Renaissance, his astronomical studies remained largely unknown due to his leaving many of his notes unpublished. As a result, many of Leonardo’s discoveries regarding the solar system—the physical features of the sun and moon, various phenomena of optics, and astronomy-related inventions and experiments—were lost and rediscovered later, resulting in the credit going to other great scientists. However, these discoveries were over a hundred years after da Vinci’s lifetime, slowing the progress of knowledge about the universe we live in.

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Welther, B. L. (1999, October). Leonardo da Vinci and the Moon : The famous Renaissance artist and scientist made an insightful interpretation about our nearest neighbor in space. Sky & Telescope, 98(4), 40. Retrieved from https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A55874615/AONE?u=purdue_main&sid=AONE&xid...