Galileo - Definition and Overview

Galileo can refer to:

• Galileo Galilei, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist (1564 - 1642)
• the Galileo spacecraft, a NASA space probe that visited Jupiter and its moons
• the Galileo positioning system
• Life of Galileo, a play by Bertolt Brecht
• Galileo (1975) - screen adaptation of the play Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht
• Galileo Galilei, an opera by Philip Glass
• a Galileo, a measure of acceleration equal to 10^-2 m·s^-2
• "Galileo", a pop song by the Indigo Girls.
• "Galileo", a pop song by Amy Grant.
• Galileo Academy of Science and Technology (formerly Galileo High School) in San Francisco, high school of OJ Simpson.
• Galileo CRS Airline Central Reservation System.