Article ID: CBB547990241

Cassini's 1679 map of the Moon and French Jesuit observations of the lunar eclipse of 11 December 1685 (2018)

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On 18 February 1679 Paris Observatory Director Jean Dominique Cassini presented a new map of the Moon to the Academy of Sciences in Paris, and this then became the standard reference work for French astronomers who carried out selenographical observations. Among these was a contingent of Jesuit missionary-astronomers who sailed from Brest on 3 March 1685, bound for China. En route they were forced to spend some months in Siam (present-day Thailand) and used the map when they observed the lunar eclipse of 11 December 1685. In this paper we examine the creation of the 1679 Moon map and its use by the French Jesuit missionary-astronomers in Siam in 1685.

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Bònoli, Fabrizio
Soonthornthum, Boonrucksar
Harvey, Stephen
Bernardi, Gabriella
Orchiston, Darunee Lingling
Concepts
Astronomy
Celestial mechanics
Solar system; planets
Moon
Selenography
Speed of light
Time Periods
17th century
Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767)
19th century
Places
Bologna (Italy)
Italy
France
Thailand
Kassel (Germany)
Myanmar (Burma)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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