Giorgio Abetti | |
|---|---|
 Giorgio Abetti | |
| Born | (1882-10-05)5 October 1882 Padua, Italy |
| Died | 24 August 1982(1982-08-24) (aged 99) Firenze, Italy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Collegio Romano |
ProfGiorgio Abetti HFRSE (5 October 1882 – 24 August 1982) was an Italiansolarastronomer.[1]
He was born inPadua, the son of noted astronomerAntonio Abetti. He was educated at the Universitiesof Padua andof Rome.[1] He began his career at theCollegio Romanoobservatory in Rome as an assistant astronomer.
In theFirst World War he served in the Corps of Engineers with the Italian Army.[2]
In 1921 he succeeded his father as the director of theOsservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, and continued until 1957. From 1925 he was also a professor at theUniversity of Florence, and continued in this capacity until 1957.[1]
Giorgio Abetti is noted for having led expeditions to observesolar eclipses to Siberia (1936) and Sudan (1952). He was also a visiting professor at theUniversity of Cairo in 1948–49. He was the vice president of theInternational Astronomical Union in 1938, and received theMedaglia d'argento from the Italian Geographic Society (1915), thePremio reale from theAccademia dei Lincei (1925), and theJanssen medal (1937).[1]
In 1937, Abetti received thePrix Jules Janssen, the highest award of theSociété astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.
The craterAbetti on theMoon andasteroid2646 Abetti are named to honor both him and his father.
He died inFlorence on 24 August 1982.[3]
He is the author of several popular works on astronomy.
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