1826
Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)
Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)
Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)
Giuseppe Piazzi
Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826)
- Died
- 1826
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.