Jean-Dominique Cassini

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:birthDate 1625-06-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Perinaldo
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
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Dione
gptkb:Iapetus
gptkb:Rhea
gptkb:Tethys
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Genoa
gptkb:Jesuit_College_at_Genoa
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Bologna
gptkb:Paris_Observatory
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Cassini_(Martian_crater)
gptkb:Cassini_(lunar_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 Jean-Dominique Cassini
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jacques_Cassini
gptkb:César-François_Cassini_de_Thury
gptkb:Domenico_Cassini_(IV)
gptkbp:knownFor director of Paris Observatory
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:notableWork gptkb:Ephemerides_Bononienses_Mediceorum_Siderum
gptkb:La_méridienne_de_l’Observatoire_Royal_de_Paris
gptkb:Tabulae_Planetarum
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini
gptkbp:signature Jean-Dominique Cassini signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Geneviève_de_Laistre
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Giovanni_Cassini
gptkb:Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini
gptkb:Paris_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6