Giovanni Battista Riccioli
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Giovanni Battista Riccioli was a 17th-century Italian Jesuit astronomer and selenographer known for his influential lunar maps and nomenclature, as well as his early experiments on gravity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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Jesuit ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ selenographer ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Duchy of Ferrara
NERFINISHED
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Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conductedExperimentAt | Asinelli Tower in Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coWorker | Francesco Maria Grimaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1598-04-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1671-06-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Jesuit college in Parma
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Jesuit institutions in Ferrara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Jesuit colleges
NERFINISHED
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University of Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Riccioli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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physics ⓘ selenography ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Giovanni Battista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork | lunar map in Almagestum Novum ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century lunar cartography
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later selenographers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galileo Galilei
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Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tycho Brahe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arguments against heliocentrism
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detailed lunar maps ⓘ early pendulum studies ⓘ experiments on gravity ⓘ lunar nomenclature ⓘ measuring gravitational acceleration ⓘ naming lunar features after astronomers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Latin ⓘ |
| measured | acceleration due to gravity using falling bodies ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | lunar crater Riccioli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematic catalog of arguments for and against Earth’s motion ⓘ |
| notableWork | Almagestum Novum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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astronomer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| opposedModel | Copernican heliocentrism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ferrara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Jesuit lecturer
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professor of astronomy ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| supportedModel | geo-heliocentric system similar to Tycho Brahe ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
comets
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fixed stars ⓘ lunar topography ⓘ planetary motions ⓘ |
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