Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice, part of the Savoyard state. He discovered four satellites of Saturn and noted the division of its rings, later named the Cassini Division.

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Who was born first?

• Giovanni Domenico Cassini and Johan de Witt were born the same year
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini and Rasmus Bartholin were born the same year
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born 1 year before Pietro Mengoli
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born 1 year after Guarino Guarini
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born 2 years after Blaise Pascal

Timeline

1. Blaise PascalJune 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662
2. Guarino GuariniJanuary 17, 1624 – March 6, 1683
3. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (this page)June 8, 1625 – September 14, 1712
4. Johan de WittSeptember 24, 1625 – August 20, 1672
5. Rasmus BartholinAugust 13, 1625 – November 4, 1698
6. Pietro Mengoli1626 – June 7, 1686

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