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''See also:'' 1671 In Science , Other Events Of 1672 , 1673 In Science and the List Of Years In Science .

ASTRONOMY

John Flamsteed determines the solar Parallax from observations of Mars

Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea , a satellite of Saturn

Sir Isaac Newton reads 1st '' Optiks '' paper before Royal Society Of London

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Simon Dezhnev , Russian Cossack navigator, who in 1648 made the first recorded voyage through the Bering Strait (born 1605 )