Giovanni Domenico Maraldi

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Giovanni Domenico (French: Jean-Dominique) Maraldi (April 17, 1709 – November 14, 1788) was an Italian-born astronomer, nephew of Giacomo F. Maraldi.

Born at Perinaldo, Liguria, Maraldi came to Paris in 1727 and became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1731. There, while observing Comet De Chéseaux with Jacques Cassini in 1746, he discovered two "nebulous stars", which later turned out to be globular clusters M15 and M2. Maraldi retired to Perinaldo, Italy in 1772. He was posthumously honored, along with his uncle, by the naming of lunar crater Maraldi in 1935.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 22568230 LCCN: n88639231 ISNI: 0000 0000 2844 7243 GND: 104093145

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Name	Maraldi, Giovanni Domenica
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Short description	Italian astronomer
Date of birth	April 17, 1709
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Date of death	November 14, 1788
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