Which of these was written by Galileo?

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Sidereus Nuncius (often spelled Siderius Nuncius) was written by Galileo Galilei and published in 1610.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) is Galileo’s short report of telescopic discoveries: the rough lunar surface, innumerable stars, the Milky Way’s stellar nature, and the four moons of Jupiter (the Medicean stars).  
- de Revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s 1543 work proposing heliocentrism.  
- Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596) is Johannes Kepler’s early book on planetary spacing and Platonic solids.  
- Works titled Stella Nova or De nova stella are associated with observations of new stars (supernovae) reported by Tycho Brahe (1572) and later by Kepler (1604), not by Galileo.

2) Step-by-step reasoning
- Match each title to its author and content. Sidereus Nuncius records telescopic observations that were first published by Galileo in 1610; its contents (Jupiter’s moons, lunar mountains) are signature Galileo discoveries.  
- de Revolutionibus — historically and widely attributed to Copernicus (1543), predating Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius.  
- Mysterium Cosmographicum — published by Kepler as his first major astronomical work (1596).  
- Stella Nova / De nova stella — associated with Tycho Brahe’s and Kepler’s accounts of specific supernovae; Galileo did not author those works.

3) Intermediate facts/evidence
- Galileo built improved telescopes and used them to observe Jupiter’s four satellites on January 7, 1610; he published these observations in Sidereus Nuncius later that year.  
- The title Sidereus Nuncius literally means “Starry Messenger,” and historical bibliographies list Galileo as its author.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- The particular combination of discoveries reported in Sidereus Nuncius (lunar topography, Milky Way resolved into stars, and Jupiter’s moons) directly matches Galileo’s documented observations and publication history; no other listed author matches those discoveries in 1610.

5) Why the other options are incorrect
- de Revolutionibus — Copernicus (not Galileo).  
- Mysterium Cosmographicum — Kepler (not Galileo).  
- Stella Nova — associated with Tycho Brahe or Kepler’s reports on supernovae (not Galileo).

6) Conclusion
Therefore the correct answer is Siderius Nuncius, which matches the provided answer.

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