Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Sidera Lodoicea is the name given by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini to the four moons of Saturn discovered by him in the years 1671, 1672, and 1684 and published in his "Découverte de deux nouvelles planètes autour de Saturne" in 1673 and in the "Journal des sçavans" in 1686. These satellites are today known by the following names, given in 1847: