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The first of Saturn's moons.

Although his actual discoveries are overshadowed by his contribution to Theoretical Physics where he postulated that light was composed of waves.

See Wikipedia for a complete list of his accomplishments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Huygens

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Christiaan Huygens discovered the rings of Saturn, the first moon of Saturn (Titan), and made significant contributions to the development of the wave theory of light. He also invented the pendulum clock and improved the design of telescopes.

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