Francesco Fontana

Francesco Fontana (* 1580, † by 1656) was an Italian lawyer and astronomer.

He observed the surface structures of the Moon and the known planets by a self-constructed telescope and made ​​woodcuts of his observations on. In 1645 he claimed to have discovered a companion to the Venus.

The lunar crater Fontana and Fontana Mars craters are named after him.

Works

  • Novae Coelestium terrestriumque observationes rerum, et continue leaving hactenus non vulgatae. ( 1646)
Lunar craters Fontana (lunar crater) Integrated Authority File
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