Giuseppe Piazzi

Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S. Vaiana. He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres.

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Who was born first?

• Giuseppe Piazzi and Gaspard Monge were born the same year
• Giuseppe Piazzi and Giovanni Battista Venturi were born the same year
• Giuseppe Piazzi and Benjamin Rush were born the same year
• Giuseppe Piazzi was born 1 year after Johan Gottlieb Gahn
• Giuseppe Piazzi was born 1 year after Caspar Wessel

Timeline

1. Caspar WesselJune 8, 1745 – March 25, 1818
2. Johan Gottlieb GahnAugust 19, 1745 – December 8, 1818
3. Benjamin RushJanuary 4, 1746 – April 19, 1813
4. Gaspard MongeMay 9, 1746 – July 28, 1818
5. Giovanni Battista VenturiSeptember 11, 1746 – September 10, 1822
6. Giuseppe Piazzi (this page)July 16, 1746 – July 22, 1826

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