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    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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    consisted of two main elements: the ASI/NASA Cassini orbiter, named for the Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discoverer of Saturn's ring divisions...
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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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    Rhea (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
    by Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Rhea was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini on 23 December 1672. It was the second moon of Saturn that Cassini discovered...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Tethys (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
    measuring about 1,060 km (660 mi) across. It was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684, and is named after the titan Tethys of Greek mythology...
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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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    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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    observatory of the University of Bologna, named after the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. At Val Sicura, within the territory of the commune, a shooting...
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  • Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), also known as Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-French astronomer Henri Cassini (1781–1832), known as Henri Cassini, French...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Saturn's moon Titan; Giovanni Domenico Cassini later discovered four other moons: Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione. In 1675, Cassini discovered the gap...
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    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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    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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    aisle in 1655; it was calculated and designed by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who was teaching astronomy at the University. A meridian line...
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    Luna Observatio Nova (A New Observation of Saturn's Moon). After Giovanni Domenico Cassini published his discoveries of four more moons of Saturn between...
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    because of a lack of observations, as during the 17th century, Giovanni Domenico Cassini carried out a systematic program of solar observations at the...
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    and he never convinced the director of the Paris Observatory, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, to fully accept it. However, it quickly gained support among...
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    birthplace of the 17th-century Italian naturalised French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Parish church of San Nicola da Bari, built in 1489. It houses...
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  • journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Jean-Dominique Cassini (Giovanni Domenico Cassini) (1673). "Découverte de deux nouvelles planètes autour de...
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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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    his various errors cancelling each other out. Jean Richer and Giovanni Domenico Cassini measured the parallax of Mars between Paris and Cayenne in French...
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    to the determination of the distance from Earth to the Sun by Giovanni Domenico Cassini. They both also used a determination of the size of the Earth...
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    Alternate URL O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. (April 2003). "Giovanni Domenico Cassini". University of St. Andrews. Archived from the original on July...
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