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Jacques Cassini

1677 - 1756

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Jacques Cassini (18 February 1677 – 16 April 1756) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Cassini is the 91st most popular astronomer (down from 71st in 2019), the 998th most popular biography from France (up from 999th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Astronomer.

Jacques Cassini is most famous for his contributions to astronomy. He was the first to measure the distance from Earth to the Sun with a telescope, and he was the first to measure the rotation of Mars.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jacques Cassini ranks 91 out of 644. Before him are Karl Ludwig Harding, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, George O. Abell, Mariam al-Asturlabi, Petrus Apianus, and Pieter van Musschenbroek. After him are Ferdinand Verbiest, Varāhamihira, Fritz Zwicky, Angelo Secchi, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1677, Jacques Cassini ranks 4. Before him are Stanisław Leszczyński, Li Ching-Yuen, and Françoise Marie de Bourbon. After him are Stephen Hales, Johann Ludwig Bach, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Pietro Grimani, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Nicola Fago, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1756, Jacques Cassini ranks 2. Before him is Maria Amalia of Austria. After him are Riccardo Broschi, Şehsuvar Sultan, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Theodore of Corsica, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Princess Louise of Denmark, Olof Celsius, and Alivardi Khan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Cassini ranks 998 out of 6,770. Before him are Bourvil (1917), Michael Lonsdale (1931), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), and Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700). After him are Pierre Janet (1859), Claude Jade (1948), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Fromental Halévy (1799), and Eugène Scribe (1791).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Jacques Cassini ranks 7. Before him are Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Charles Messier (1730), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Méchain (1744), and Pierre Janssen (1824). After him are Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Jean Chacornac (1823), Auguste Charlois (1864), Bernard Lyot (1897), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), and Alphonse Borrelly (1842).

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