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Giovanni Battista Riccioli

1598 - 1671

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Giovanni Battista Riccioli (17 April 1598 – 25 June 1671) was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion of 126 arguments concerning the motion of the Earth, and for introducing the current scheme of lunar nomenclature. He is also widely known for discovering the first double star. He argued that the rotation of the Earth should reveal itself because on a rotating Earth, the ground moves at different speeds at different times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Riccioli is the 96th most popular astronomer (down from 85th in 2019), the 1,103rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,136th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 96 out of 644. Before him are Pieter van Musschenbroek, Jacques Cassini, Ferdinand Verbiest, Varāhamihira, Fritz Zwicky, and Angelo Secchi. After him are Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Henry Norris Russell, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Arthur Auwers, and Tom Gehrels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 5. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bonaventura Cavalieri, and François Mansart. After him are Eleonora Gonzaga, Maarten Tromp, Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, and Daniele Crespi. Among people deceased in 1671, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 3. Before him are Stenka Razin, and Thomas Fairfax. After him are François Vatel, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Anne Hyde, Adam Olearius, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, Sébastien Bourdon, Antonio Barberini, and Yerofey Khabarov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 1,103 out of 5,161. Before him are Vito Volterra (1860), Gaspare Spontini (1774), Bettino Craxi (1934), Antipope Ursicinus (400), Pompeius Strabo (-135), and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918). After him are Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Alessandro Allori (1535), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), John Singer Sargent (1856), and Maurizio Pollini (1942).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 10. Before him are Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Angelo Secchi (1818). After him are Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Margherita Hack (1922), and Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709).

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