File:Huygens Systema Saturnium.jpg

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English: Top: Diagram showing how Saturn's appearance to us changes due the changing positions of the Earth (E) and Saturn as they orbit the Sun (G).
Bottom: Huygens's observation of Saturn presenting its rings to us at their greatest inclination. (source)
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Source http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/HST/Huygens/huygens-ill55.htm
Author
Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695)  wikidata:Q39599 s:en:Author:Christiaan Huygens q:en:Christiaan Huygens
 
Christiaan Huygens
Alternative names
Christiaen Huygens; Christian Huygens; Christian Hugenius
Description Dutch mathematician and astronomer
Date of birth/death 14 April 1629 Edit this at Wikidata 8 July 1695 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Den Haag, Nederland Netherlands
Work period before 1663 to 1695
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France; Netherlands;
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