Biography of Christian Huygens 1629-1695

Christian Huygens 1629-1695 is in Astronomers.

On 14 Apr 1629 Christian Huygens was born.

Discovery of Saturn's Moon Titan

On 25 Mar 1655 Christian Huygens (age 25) discovered Saturn's moon Titan; he named it Luna Saturni, literally Moon of Saturn, using a 2" telescope he and his brother had constructed in Feb 1656. It was the sixth moon discovered, the first being the Earth's moon, and the second to fifth, being the moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo in Mar 1610.

On 08 Jul 1695 Christian Huygens (age 66) died.