Francesco Fontana
Francesco Fontana (1585 or 1602 – 1656) was an Italian lawyer and astronomer.
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1585 - 1602 - 1656 - Italian - Lawyer - Astronomer
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He created woodcuts showing the Moon and the planets as he saw them through a self-constructed telescope. In 1646 he published most of them in the book Novae coelestium terrestriumq rerum observationes, et fortasse hactenus non vulgatae.
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Moon - Planets - Telescope - 1646
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A crater on Mars was named in his honor.
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