Giovanni Cassini

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
gptkbp:birthDate 1625-06-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Perinaldo,_Republic_of_Genoa
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas,_Paris
gptkbp:child gptkb:Jacques_Cassini
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:France
gptkb:Republic_of_Genoa
gptkbp:deathDate 1712-09-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Dione
gptkb:Iapetus
gptkb:Rhea
gptkb:Tethys
gptkbp:education gptkb:Jesuit_College_at_Genoa
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
engineering
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Cassini_(Martian_crater)
gptkb:Cassini_(lunar_crater)
gptkb:Cassini–Huygens_spacecraft
gptkb:Cassini_Regio_(on_Iapetus)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Giovanni Cassini
gptkbp:knownFor Cassini–Huygens mission namesake
discovery of Cassini Division in Saturn's rings
discovery of Saturn's moons
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notableWork determination of rotational periods of Jupiter and Mars
improvements to telescopic observations
measurement of the meridian arc
studies of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Gian_Domenico_Cassini
gptkb:Jean-Dominique_Cassini
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:signature Giovanni Cassini signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Geneviève_de_Laistre
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Bonaventura_Cavalieri
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Bologna
gptkb:Observatoire_de_Paris
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sapienza_University_of_Rome
gptkb:Cassini–Huygens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5