Niccolò Zucchi (December 6, 1586 - May 21, 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 May 17, 1630), and reported spots on Mars in 1640.Read more
Niccolò Zucchi (December 6, 1586 - May 21, 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 May 17, 1630), and reported spots on Mars in 1640.