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Antonio Abetti | |
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| Born | (1846-06-19)19 June 1846 |
| Died | 20 February 1928(1928-02-20) (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri |
Antonio Abetti (19 June 1846 – 20 February 1928) was anItalianastronomer.
Born inSan Pietro di Gorizia (Šempeter-Vrtojba), he earned a degree inmathematics andengineering at theUniversity of Padua. He was married to Giovanna Colbachini in 1879 and they had two sons.[1] He died inArcetri.
Abetti mainly worked inpositional astronomy and made many observations of minor planets, comets, and star occultations. He computed theorbit of170 Maria, a Main beltasteroid.
In 1874 he was part of an Italian expedition to Muddapur, in India, led byPietro Tacchini to observe atransit of Venus with aspectroscope.[2] Later he became director of theOsservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and a professor at theUniversity of Florence. He refurbished the observatory at Arcetri by installing a new telescope.
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