Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Dominique, comte de Cassini
This article is about the French astronomer. For his Italian-born great-grandfather, see Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury....
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625 – September 14, 1712) was an Italian
Italy
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/French
France
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mathematician
Mathematician
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, astronomer
Astronomer
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, engineer
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, and astrologer
Astrologer
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. Cassini, also known as Giandomenico Cassini or Jean-Dominique Cassini, was born in Perinaldo
Perinaldo
Perinaldo is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia....
, near Sanremo
Sanremo
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, at that time in the Republic of Genova.
Cassini was an astronomer at the Panzano Observatory
Panzano Observatory
The Panzano Observatory was an observatory in the village of Panzano about to the NNW of the centre of the comune of Castelfranco Emilia, near Bologna, Italy, where Giovanni Cassini worked....
, from 1648 to 1669.
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