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Giuseppe Piazzi | |
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![]() Costanzo Angelini, Portrait of Giuseppe Piazzi, c. 1825 | |
Born | |
Died | 22 July 1826 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres |
Awards | Lalande Prize (1803) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
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Giuseppe Piazzi (US: /ˈpjɑːtsi/ PYAHT-see,[1] Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈpjattsi]; 16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) 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.[2] He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres.