Picture of Giovanni Cassini
Corbis-Bettmann
Giovanni Cassini
Giovanni Cassini was Italian-French astronomer who lived between 1625-1712.
He discovered four of Saturn's moons, in addition to those found by Huygens.
Cassini also discovered that Saturn's Rings are split into two parts, and the gap between them is called the "Cassini Division".
You might also be interested in:
What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators teachers, teacher leaders, science specialists, professional development staff, curriculum designers, school administrators need to know to create and support such experiences?
...more
Christian Huygens was a Dutch physicist and astronomer who lived between 1629-1695. He made improvements in telescopes allowing people to view objects in space with greater detail. Huygens also invented
...more
Charles Darwin was an English Naturalist who lived between 1809-1882. One of the most famous and influential scientists of all time, his ideas changed the ways all other scientists thought. Darwin started
...more
Christian Doppler was an Austrian mathematician who lived between 1803-1853. He is known for a principle he proposed in 1842. This is now known as the Doppler Effect. He thought that the pitch of a sound
...more
Ben Franklin was an American scientist and statesman who lived between 1706-1790. He studied electricity and learned of its dangers and possible uses. Franklin developed many inventions that made people's
...more
Edmond Halley was an English astronomer who lived between 1656-1742. He reasoned that the same comet which he saw in 1682 had appeared before and predicted that it would appear again, about every 76 years.
...more
William Herschel was born in Germany. He moved to England and worked there most of his life. He lived between 1738-1822. He built powerful telescopes which let him observe the heavens with greater detail.
...more
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist who lived between 1831-1879. He studied Saturn's rings and first suggested that they were made of actual material. Maxwell is most famous for his work with
...more
