Giovanni Domenico Cassini

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Giovanni_Domenico_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: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:eponymOf gptkb:Cassini_(crater)
gptkb:Cassini_Regio
gptkb:Cassini_Division
gptkb:Cassini_spacecraft
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Giovanni Domenico Cassini
gptkbp:knownFor discovering four moons of Saturn
discovering the Cassini Division in Saturn's rings
work on longitude determination
measuring the rotational periods of Jupiter and Mars
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Jean-Dominique_Cassini
gptkbp:signature Giovanni Domenico Cassini signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Geneviève_de_Laistre
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Bologna
gptkb:Paris_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sapienza_University_of_Rome
gptkb:Dione
gptkb:Iapetus
gptkb:Rhea
gptkb:Tethys
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5