Antonio Abetti
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| Born | June 19, 1846 San Pietro di Gorizia |
| Died | February 20, 1928 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
Antonio Abetti (June 19, 1846 – February 20, 1928) was an Italian astronomer.
Born in San Pietro di Gorizia (Šempeter-Vrtojba), he earned a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Padua. Later he became director of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and a professor at the University of Florence. He died in Arcetri.
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[edit] Work
Abetti mainly worked in positional astronomy and made many observations of minor planets, comets, and star occultations. He refurbished the observatory at Arcetri by installing a new telescope. In 1874 he was part of an expedition led by Pietro Tacchini to observe a transit of Venus with a spectroscope.[1]
[edit] Honors
- Member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
- Member of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- The crater Abetti on the Moon is named after both Antonio and his son Giorgio Abetti.
- The minor planet 2646 Abetti is also named after Antonio and his son.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Abetti, Antonio", Christof A. Plicht, p. 6, in The Biographical Dictionary of Astronomers, eds. Thomas Hockey et al., Springer: New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7.
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