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Antonio Abetti (19 June 1846 – 20 February 1928) was an Italian astronomer.
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| Born | 19 June 1846 San Pietro di Gorizia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 20 February 1928 (aged 81) Arcetri, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri |
Born in San Pietro di Gorizia (Šempeter-Vrtojba), he earned a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Padua. He was married to Giovanna Colbachini in 1879 and they had two sons.[1] He died in Arcetri.
Work
Abetti mainly worked in positional astronomy and made many observations of minor planets, comets, and star occultations. In 1874 he was part of an expedition led by Pietro Tacchini to observe a transit of Venus with a spectroscope.[2] Later he became director of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and a professor at the University of Florence. He refurbished the observatory at Arcetri by installing a new telescope.
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.[2]
References
- "Antonio Abetti". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 89 (4): 325–327. February 1929. Bibcode:1929MNRAS..89R.325.. doi:10.1093/mnras/89.4.325a.
- "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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[de] Antonio Abetti
Antonio Abetti (* 19. Juni 1846 in San Pietro di Gorizia (Görz) (damals italienisch, heute slowenisch); † 20. Februar 1928 in Arcetri (Florenz)) war ein italienischer Astronom.- [en] Antonio Abetti
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Antonio Abetti (19 de junio de 1846 - 20 de febrero de 1928) fue un astrónomo italiano.[1] Era padre del también astrónomo Giorgio Abetti (1882-1982).[fr] Antonio Abetti
Antonio Abetti, né le 19 juin 1846 à San Pietro di Gorizia (en Italie, actuellement Šempeter pri Gorici en Slovénie) - mort le 20 février 1928 à Florence, est un astronome et physicien italien.[it] Antonio Abetti
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