Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (1625–1712)
This article is about the Italian-born astronomer. For his French-born great-grandson, see Dominique, comte de Cassini. For his French-born grandson, see César-François Cassini de Thury.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Born
(1625-06-08)8 June 1625
Perinaldo, Republic of Genova
Died
14 September 1712(1712-09-14) (aged 87)
Paris, France
Nationality
Italian, French
Alma mater
The Jesuit College at Genoa
Known for
Cassini Division Cassini identity Cassini's laws Cassini oval First to observe the division in the rings of Saturn
Children
Jacques Cassini
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics, astrology astronomy, engineering
Institutions
University of Bologna
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Giovanni[a]Domenico Cassini, also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian (naturalised French)[1] mathematician, astronomer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo,[2][3] near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice, part of the Savoyard state.[4][5] Cassini is known for his work on astronomy and engineering. He discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division was named after him. Giovanni Domenico Cassini was also the first of his family to begin work on the project of creating a topographic map of France.
The Cassini space probe, launched in 1997, was named after him and became the fourth to visit the planet Saturn and the first to orbit the planet.
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^Joseph A. Angelo, Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy, Infobase Publishing – 2014, page 114
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^"Giovanni Domenico Cassini: The rings and moons of Saturn". Surveyor in Berlin.de. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^Augusto De Ferrari (1978), "Cassini, Giovan Domenico" Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani21 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana).
^Gandolfo, Andrea. La provincia di Imperia: storia, arti, tradizioni. Blue Edizioni, 2005.
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