Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826)

Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826) was a person.

• See: Astronomer, Palermo Astronomical Observatory, Ceres (Dwarf Planet), Piazzi Dataset.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Piazzi Retrieved:2015-11-18.
  • Giuseppe Piazzi (16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and died in Naples. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S. Vaiana. Perhaps his most famous discovery was the first dwarf planet, Ceres.

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