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Giovanni Domenico Cassini

1625 - 1712

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Giovanni Domenico Cassini (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice, part of the Savoyard state. He discovered four satellites of Saturn and noted the division of its rings, later named the Cassini Division. Cassini was also the first of his family to begin work on the project of creating a topographic map of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Domenico Cassini is the 16th most popular astronomer (up from 17th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from Italy (up from 378th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Astronomer.

Giovanni Domenico Cassini is most famous for his work in astronomy. He is credited with the discovery of four of Saturn's moons: Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giovanni Domenico Cassini ranks 16 out of 644. Before him are William Herschel, Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus, Ulugh Beg, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and Edwin Hubble. After him are Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Ole Rømer, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Carl Sagan, Avempace, and Aryabhata.

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Among people born in 1625, Giovanni Domenico Cassini ranks 1. After him are Johan de Witt, Paulus Potter, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Carlo Maratta, Rasmus Bartholin, Erik Dahlbergh, Gregorio Barbarigo, Jean Domat, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Pierre Nicole, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1712, Giovanni Domenico Cassini ranks 1. After him are Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Denis Papin, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Richard Cromwell, Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louisa Maria Stuart, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Nicolas Catinat, Tokugawa Ienobu, and Jan van der Heyden.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Domenico Cassini ranks 280 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Paul II (1417), Pope Innocent IV (1195), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Pope Celestine IV (1200), and Scipio Africanus (-235). After him are Luchino Visconti (1906), Vitus (290), Pietro Perugino (1446), Cosimo de' Medici (1389), Pope Eugene I (600), and Pope Cornelius (200).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Domenico Cassini ranks 3. Before him are Galileo Galilei (1564), and Giordano Bruno (1548). After him are Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Angelo Secchi (1818), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658).

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