Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625 - September 14, 1712) was an Italian astronomer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, Imperia, at that time Republic of Genoa.

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Cassini was an astronomer at the Panzano Observatory, from 1648 to 1669. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna and became, in 1671, director of the Paris Observatory. He thoroughly adopted his new country, to the extent that he became interchangeably known as Jean-Dominique Cassini.

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