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Niccolò Zucchi

1586 - 1670

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Niccolò Zucchi (Italian pronunciation: [nikkoˈlɔ dˈdzukki, - tˈtsukki]; 6 December 1586 – 21 May 1670) was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist. As an astronomer he may have been the first to see the belts on the planet Jupiter (on 17 May 1630), and reported spots on Mars in 1640. His "Optica philosophia experimentis et ratione a fundamentis constituta", published in 1652–56, described his 1616 experiments using a curved mirror instead of a lens as a telescope objective, which may be the earliest known description of a reflecting telescope. In his book, he also demonstrated that phosphors generate rather than store light. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niccolò Zucchi has received more than 38,619 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Niccolò Zucchi is the 272nd most popular astronomer (down from 256th in 2019), the 2,749th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,608th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 272 out of 644. Before him are André-Louis Danjon, William Cranch Bond, Guido Bonatti, Jean-Louis Pons, Theodor von Oppolzer, and Philippe van Lansberge. After him are Freimut Börngen, Luigi Carnera, Paul Wild, Kidinnu, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, and Vladimir Albitsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 11. Before him are Pietro Della Valle, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Théophraste Renaudot, Jan Wildens, and Pau Claris i Casademunt. After him are John Ford, Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, Alessandro Grandi, Leo Allatius, Juan Gómez de Mora, and Georg Calixtus. Among people deceased in 1670, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 13. Before him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, and Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 2,749 out of 5,161. Before him are Annibale Padovano (1527), Manto Mavrogenous (1796), Antonio Fogazzaro (1842), Camillo Boito (1836), Bruno Zevi (1918), and Susanna Tamaro (1957). After him are Luigi Alamanni (1495), Agnes Pockels (1862), Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829), Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714), Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (1854), and Lando Buzzanca (1935).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Niccolò Zucchi ranks 17. Before him are Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), and Guido Bonatti (1210). After him are Luigi Carnera (1875), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Ercole Dembowski (1812), Geminiano Montanari (1633), and Elia Millosevich (1848).

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