Giovanni Domenico Cassini

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French astronomer who compiled the first tables of the orbital motions of Saturn's satellites. He succeeded his father, the astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, as head of the Paris... Saturn, ringed planet that is the second largest in the solar system and sixth from the Sun.

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French astronomer who compiled the first tables of the orbital motions of Saturn's satellites. He succeeded his father, the astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, as head of the Paris... Saturn, ringed planet that is the second largest in the solar system and sixth from the Sun.

Gian Domenico Cassini | French astronomer | Britannica.com
Gian Domenico Cassini: Italian-born French astronomer who, among others, discovered the Cassini Division, the dark gap between the rings A and B of Saturn; he also discovered four of Saturn’s moons....
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gian-Domenico-Cassini
Giovanni Cassini Biography
Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered four of Saturn's moons, determined the distance from Earth to Mars and made successful measurements of longitude.
https://www.space.com/18902-giovanni-cassini.html
Who was Giovanni Cassini?
During the Scientific Revolution, which took place between the 15th and 18th centuries, numerous inventions and discoveries were made that forever changed the way humanity viewed the Universe.
https://www.universetoday.com/130823/who-was-giovanni-cassini/
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712)
http://www.messier.seds.org/xtra/Bios/cassini.html
Biographies: Cassini
The first thing we should clarify in this biography is Giovanni Cassini's name. He was given the name Giovanni Domenico by his parents, Jacopo Cassini and Julia Crovesi, after his birth in Italy. However he also used the name Gian Domenico Cassini, and after he moved to France, he changed his name to the French version of Jean-Dominique Cassini.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Cassini.html
Nothing But the Facts About Giovanni Cassini
Get the facts about Giovanni Cassini, who made several important discoveries early on about our solar system. Cassini was the first to discover that there were spaces between the rings of Saturn in 1675 - now known as the Cassini Divison.
http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/42521.aspx
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Born	(1625-06-08)8 June 1625 Perinaldo, County of Nice
Died	14 September 1712(1712-09-14) (aged 87) Paris, France
Nationality	Italian and French
Alma mater	The Jesuit College at Genoa
Known for	Cassini Division Cassini identity Cassini's laws Cassini oval First to observe the division in the rings of Saturn
Children	Jacques Cassini
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics astrology astronomy engineering
Institutions	University of Bologna

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Gian Domenico Cassini | French astronomer | Britannica.com
Gian Domenico Cassini: Italian-born French astronomer who, among others, discovered the Cassini Division, the dark gap between the rings A and B of Saturn; he also discovered four of Saturn’s moons....
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gian-Domenico-Cassini
Giovanni Cassini Biography
Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered four of Saturn's moons, determined the distance from Earth to Mars and made successful measurements of longitude.
https://www.space.com/18902-giovanni-cassini.html
Who was Giovanni Cassini?
During the Scientific Revolution, which took place between the 15th and 18th centuries, numerous inventions and discoveries were made that forever changed the way humanity viewed the Universe.
https://www.universetoday.com/130823/who-was-giovanni-cassini/
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712)
http://www.messier.seds.org/xtra/Bios/cassini.html
Biographies: Cassini
The first thing we should clarify in this biography is Giovanni Cassini's name. He was given the name Giovanni Domenico by his parents, Jacopo Cassini and Julia Crovesi, after his birth in Italy. However he also used the name Gian Domenico Cassini, and after he moved to France, he changed his name to the French version of Jean-Dominique Cassini.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Cassini.html
Nothing But the Facts About Giovanni Cassini
Get the facts about Giovanni Cassini, who made several important discoveries early on about our solar system. Cassini was the first to discover that there were spaces between the rings of Saturn in 1675 - now known as the Cassini Divison.
http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/42521.aspx
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Born	(1625-06-08)8 June 1625 Perinaldo, County of Nice
Died	14 September 1712(1712-09-14) (aged 87) Paris, France
Nationality	Italian and French
Alma mater	The Jesuit College at Genoa
Known for	Cassini Division Cassini identity Cassini's laws Cassini oval First to observe the division in the rings of Saturn
Children	Jacques Cassini
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics astrology astronomy engineering
Institutions	University of Bologna

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Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Giovanni Domenico Cassini

French astronomer who compiled the first tables of the orbital motions of Saturn's satellites. He succeeded his father, the astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, as head of the Paris... Saturn, ringed planet that is the second largest in the solar system and sixth from the Sun.

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