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Giovanni Battista Riccioli

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Gender Male
Death353 years ago
Date of birth April 17,1598
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Ferrara
Italy
Date of died June 25,1671
DiedBologna
Italy
NationalityItalian
Field Astronomy
Notable students Francesco Maria Grimaldi
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Job Astronomer
Known forExperiments with pendulums and with falling bodies; Introducing the current scheme of lunar nomenclature
BooksAlmagestum Novum
Prosodia reformata
Academic advisor Giuseppe Biancani
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Giovanni Battista Riccioli, SJ was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his ...

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