Giuseppe Piazzi
1746-1826
Italian astronomer remembered for discovering the first asteroid, Ceres. Piazzi was founder and first director of the Palermo Observatory (1790). On January 1, 1801, while ta...
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Guiseppe Piazzi
1746-1826
Italian Astronomer
Guiseppe Piazzi was born in Ponte di Valtellina, Italy, in 1746. At the age of 18 he became a Theatine monk. While studying at colleges of that order throu...
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Giuseppe Piazzi