Giovanni Battista Zupi

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Gender	Male
Born	Catanzaro
	Italy
Died	Naples
	Italy
Date of Reg.	2019-07-28 06:19:22
Date of Upd.	2023-08-09 20:16:49
ID	997991

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Giovanni Battista Zupi Life story

Giovanni Battista Zupi or Zupus was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest. He was born in Catanzaro. In 1639, Giovanni was the first person to discover that the planet Mercury had orbital phases, like those of the Moon and Venus. His observations demonstrated that the planet orbited around the Sun.