Giovanni Battista Zupi
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Giovanni Battista Zupi or Zupus (2 November 1589 – 26 August 1667) was an Italian
He was born in Catanzaro. In 1639, Giovanni was the first person to discover that the planet Mercury had orbital phases,[citation needed] like those of the Moon and Venus. His observations demonstrated that the planet orbited around the Sun.
He died in Naples.
The crater Zupus on the Moon is named after him.
See also
- List of Jesuit scientists
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
References
- ISBN 978-0-387-30400-7.
- Mazzucato, Michele T. (2008), Italiani nel sistema solare (in Italian), Maggioli Editore, p. 90, ISBN 9788838742217
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