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Niccolò Zucchi

1586 - 1670

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Niccolò Zucchi (Italian pronunciation: [nikkoˈlɔ dˈdzukki, - tˈtsukki]; 6 December 1586 – 21 May 1670) was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist. As an astronomer he may have been the first to see the belts on the planet Jupiter (on 17 May 1630), and reported spots on Mars in 1640. His "Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta", published in 1652–56, described his 1616 experiments using a curved mirror instead of a lens as a telescope objective, which may be the earliest known description of a reflecting telescope. In his book, he also demonstrated that phosphors generate rather than store light. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niccolò Zucchi is the 320th most popular astronomer (down from 272nd in 2019), the 2,810th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,749th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 320 out of 644. Before him are Frank Elmore Ross, Hendrik van Gent, Karl Christian Bruhns, Michael van Langren, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, and Milton L. Humason. After him are Georges Rayet, Oenopides, Christoph Arnold, Edward Sabine, Takeshi Urata, and George Van Biesbroeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 10. Before him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Pietro Della Valle, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Johann Schein, Pau Claris i Casademunt, and Jan Wildens. After him are Théophraste Renaudot, Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, John Ford, Alessandro Grandi, Leo Allatius, and Juan Gómez de Mora. Among people deceased in 1670, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 13. Before him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, and Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 2,810 out of 5,161. Before him are Milena Canonero (1946), Pietro Grimani (1677), Cesare Pugni (1802), Nicola Di Bari (1940), Appius Claudius Pulcher (-130), and Christian Abbiati (1977). After him are Giovanni della Casa (1503), Guy, Margrave of Tuscany (900), Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi (1714), Giovanni Bembo (1543), Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1820), and Francesco I Gonzaga (1366).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 21. Before him are Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Geminiano Montanari (1633), Giorgio Abetti (1882), Luigi Carnera (1875), and Guido Bonatti (1210). After him are Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Ercole Dembowski (1812), Elia Millosevich (1848), Luciano Tesi (1931), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), and Giuseppe Asclepi (1706).

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