Giovanni Cassini

Astronomer.

Born June 8, 1625. Also known as Jean Dominique Cassini.

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@CopernicusAstro math is so important, and truly goes hand in hand with science #socool

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@JLLagrange1 very cool, I'm excited to learn more about your #variationalcalc in this society!

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@JLLagrange1 can't wait!! Ever since I was young, math and astrology were very intriguing to me. Astrology led me to astronomy. Hbu??

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@JLLagrange1 I would love to join your math/science society! Lmk the details okay?

[NASA Solar System @NASASolarSystem]

Stunning new image features Tethys and Saturn's A and F rings http://t.co/DascVhGWz7

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@Chris__Huygens #amazing, our hard work has definitely paid off! look at this photo of the spacecraft!

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@CHerschel16 it's #amazing to see some powerful female figures in astronomy! What was your most significant achievement to this field?

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@whs_bessel Oh that's so cool! I used parallax to find the distance of Mars from the Earth #ftw

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@whs_bessel I see that you used parallax to find distances-I did too! What did you use parallax for?

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@Chris__Huygens how cool is it that a spacecraft named after us was launched in 1997, and still continues to give us images from Saturn?!

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@TychoBrahee no way! Astronomy is breathtaking. I'm glad we both had successful careers in astronomy.

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@TychoBrahee what was the most interesting thing you observed in the sky?

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@CopernicusAstro I was a professor of mathematics and astronomy

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@Galile02090 thanks to your methods, I was able to make the #first successful measurements of longitude! #thanks

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

@CopernicusAstro I completely agree! I wonder if I was ever your professor?

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

WOW look what I just discovered! #CassinisDivision @Saturn

[NASA @NASA]

Why do winds cross-cut on Saturn? NASA's team working on @CassiniSaturn know? Check out their latest research! http://t.co/2VlnOJPz

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

So... just discovered differential rotation in Jupiter's atmosphere... I love astronomy!

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

PSA: I just found the "Great Red Spot" on Jupiter with @Robert_Hooke !!

[Giovanni Cassini @Cass1ni]

hey @Jean_Richer remember when we made the first estimation of the solar system dimensions by finding the parallax of Mars to Earth?! #memz