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He invented the Concave reflecting Telescope , and on May 17 1630 was the first person to discover two belts on the surface of Jupiter . Zucchius Crater on the Moon is named in his honor.

In 1616 , he designed one of the earliest reflecting telescopes. A professor at the Collegio Romano , Zucchi developed an interest in astronomy from a meeting with Johannes Kepler .

With this telescope, Zucchi discovered the belts of the planet Jupiter (1630), and examined the spots on Mars (1640). In 1652 , he demonstrated that phosphors generate rather than store light. His book ''Optica philosophia experimentalis et ratione a fundamentis constituta'' (1652–56) inspired James Gregory and Isaac Newton to build improved telescopes.