Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini was a 17th-century Italian-French astronomer and engineer renowned for his pioneering observations of Saturn and its moons, as well as for his contributions to celestial mechanics and geodesy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Giovanni Domenico Cassini canonical | 12 |
| Jean-Dominique Cassini | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrologer
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astronomer ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| birthName | Giovanni Domenico Cassini self-link ⓘ |
| child | Jacques Cassini ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Kingdom of France
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Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1625-06-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1712-09-14 ⓘ |
| discovered |
Cassini Division
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Dione ⓘ Iapetus ⓘ Rhea ⓘ Tethys ⓘ differential rotation of Jupiter's atmosphere ⓘ differential rotation of the Sun ⓘ |
| employer |
Paris Observatory
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surface form:
Observatoire de Paris
University of Bologna ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Cassini Division
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Cassini Regio (dark region) ⓘ
surface form:
Cassini Regio on Iapetus
Cassini crater on the Moon ⓘ
surface form:
Cassini crater on Mars
Cassini crater on the Moon ⓘ Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
surface form:
Cassini spacecraft
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| era |
17th century
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early 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Cassini ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrology
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astronomy ⓘ celestial mechanics ⓘ geodesy ⓘ |
| givenName | Giovanni ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of meridian lines
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discovering four moons of Saturn ⓘ discovering the Cassini Division in Saturn's rings ⓘ measuring the size of the Solar System using Mars parallax ⓘ work on the shape of the Earth ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie des Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
self-link
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-Dominique Cassini
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| notableWork |
geodetic survey of France
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measurement of the astronomical unit via Mars parallax (1672) ⓘ meridian line in the Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Perinaldo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Paris Observatory
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professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Geneviève de Laistre ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bologna
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Paris ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jean-Dominique Cassini