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Conteúdo. ocultar. Início. Vida. Trabalhos. Referências. Ligações externas. Jacques Cassini ( Paris, 18 de fevereiro de 1677 — Thury-sous-Clermont, 16 de abril de 1756) [ 1] foi um astrônomo e geodesista francês, também chamado Cassini II . Vida. Filho do diretor do Observatório de Paris, o astrônomo Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
César-François Cassini de Thury. Scientific career. Fields. Astronomy, Cartography. Jacques Cassini (18 February 1677 – 16 April 1756) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. He was known as Cassini II. Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory.
Jacques Cassini, dit Cassini II, seigneur de Thury, né à Paris le 18 février 1677 et mort à Thury-sous-Clermont le 16 avril 1756 des suites d'un accident de voiture, est un astronome français.
Jacques Cassini was a French astronomer who compiled the first tables of the orbital motions of Saturn’s satellites. He succeeded his father, the astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, as head of the Paris Observatory in 1712, and in 1718 he completed the measurement of the arc of the meridian.
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Summary. Jacques Cassini or Cassini II was a French astronomer and surveyor who carried on his father's work in geodesy. View one larger picture. Biography. Jacques Cassini was the son of Jean-Dominique Cassini and Geneviève de Laistre.
Jacques Cassini ( Paris, 18 de fevereiro de 1677 — Thury-sous-Clermont, 16 de abril de 1756) foi um astrônomo e geodesista francês, também chamado Cassini II.
Quick Reference. (1677–1756) Frenchastronomer and geodesist, son of G. D. Cassini; also known as Giacomo Cassini. His accurate determination of the length of an arc of a meridian passing through France, later extended by his son César François, showed that the Earth is an oblate spheroid (i.e. flattened at the poles).
