Giovanni Battista Riccioli

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Giovanni_Battista_Riccioli
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Parma
gptkbp:birthDate 1598-04-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ferrara
gptkbp:deathDate 1671-06-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bologna
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:theology
physics
gptkbp:honor Riccioli crater named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Giovanni Battista Riccioli
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Francesco_Maria_Grimaldi
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Tycho_Brahe
gptkbp:knownFor Riccioli crater on the Moon
naming lunar features
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Society_of_Jesus
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Almagestum_Novum
gptkb:Astronomia_Reformata
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkb:religious_organization
astronomer
gptkbp:proposedBy arguments against heliocentrism
experiments on falling bodies
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:signature Giovanni Battista Riccioli signature.svg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore
gptkb:Sapienza_University_of_Rome
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5