Giovanni Domenico Cassini, also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian (naturalised French) mathematician, astronomer...
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Cassini may refer to: Cassini (surname) Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), American fashion designer Cassini family: Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), Italian...
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from the astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens. Launched aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur on October 15, 1997, Cassini was active in space for...
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Rings of Saturn (redirect from Cassini Division)
clear outline of the dimensions of the Solar System. In 1675, Giovanni Domenico Cassini determined that Saturn's ring was composed of multiple smaller...
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of César-François Cassini de Thury and great-grandson of Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. He succeeded his father...
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named after astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens. Launched aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur on 15 October 1997, Cassini had a nearly 20-year life...
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covers the leading half of Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is named after Giovanni Cassini, the discoverer of Iapetus; 'Regio' is a term used in planetary geology...
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ovals are named after the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini who studied them in the late 17th century. Cassini believed that a planet orbiting around...
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of Mare Imbrium. The crater was named after astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Jacques Cassini. To the northeast is the Promontorium Agassiz, the southern...
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characteristic bands of the planet's atmosphere. During the 1660s, Giovanni Cassini used a new telescope to discover spots in Jupiter's atmosphere, observe...
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Iapetus (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
Named after the Titan Iapetus, the moon was discovered in 1671 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini. A relatively low-density body made up mostly of ice, Iapetus...
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is a hypothetical natural satellite of Venus reportedly sighted by Giovanni Cassini in 1672 and by several other astronomers in following years. It was...
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temporary trojans, 2001 CK32 and 2012 XE133. In the 17th century, Giovanni Cassini reported a moon orbiting Venus, which was named Neith and numerous...
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the second son of Jacques Cassini and Suzanne Françoise Charpentier de Charmois. He was a grandson of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and would become the father...
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(moon), and the more modern "satellite" (attendant) to describe it. Giovanni Cassini, in announcing his discovery of Saturn's moons Iapetus and Rhea in...
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Jean-Dominique Cassini can refer to: Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), known in France as Jean-Dominique Cassini Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845)...
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Arthur Cassini signed the treaty ending the war between Japan and China. His mother's family claimed Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini as an...
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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. He was known...
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Dione (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
leading hemisphere. The moon was discovered by Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684 and is named after the Titaness Dione in Greek mythology...
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Giovanni Battista Cassinis (25 February 1806 – 18 December 1866) was a jurist of the Turin bar and a statesman in the Kingdom of Italy. Giovanni Battista...
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that each member could do as they pleased. Sometimes Giovanni Cassini (1671–1712) and Jacques Cassini (1712–1756) are listed as "Directors" retrospectively...
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planet's phases in 1610 and in 1666 Giovanni Cassini identified the polar ice caps. In 1878 Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observed geological...
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Cassini projection Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845), first Count Cassini, French astronomer and cartographer, son of César-François Giovanni Domenico...
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Della Casa Girolamo Maggi Virgilio Malvezzi Paracelsus 17th century Giovanni Cassini Niall Ó Glacáin Marcello Malpighi Pietro Mengoli Lodovico Scapinelli...
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F_{n+i}F_{n+j}-F_{n}F_{n+i+j}=(-1)^{n}F_{i}F_{j}.} Cassini's formula was discovered in 1680 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, then director of the Paris Observatory...
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Cassini's laws provide a compact description of the motion of the Moon. They were established in 1693 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, a prominent scientist...
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famous Italian-French astronomer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discoverer of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and the Cassini division in Saturn's rings. The genus...
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1665, he published his findings and from them, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini calculated the rotation period of Jupiter to be nine hours and fifty-five...
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develop his theories on calculus, optics and the law of gravitation. Giovanni Cassini discovered Jupiter's red spot was a permanent feature and used this...
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