Giuseppe Piazzi

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Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.

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Giuseppe Piazzi canonical 4
Piazzi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Italian person
astronomer
human
mathematician
birthCountry Italy
birthDate 1746-07-16
birthPlace Ponte in Valtellina
citizenship Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
countryOfWork Italy
deathCountry Italy
deathDate 1826-07-22
deathPlace Naples
discovered Ceres
discoveryDate 1801-01-01
employer Palermo Astronomical Observatory
surface form: Palermo Observatory

University of Palermo
era 18th century
19th century
familyName Giuseppe Piazzi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Piazzi
fieldOfWork astronomy
mathematics
givenName Giuseppe
hasHonor Martian crater Piazzi
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
lunar crater Piazzi
influenced 19th-century astronomy
influencedBy Jérôme Lalande
knownFor discovery of Ceres
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOf Royal Society
surface form: Royal Society of London

Royal Society of Naples
Theatine Order
name Giuseppe Piazzi self-link
nativeLanguage Italian
notableWork star catalog of 7,646 stars
occupation Catholic priest
astronomer
mathematician
positionHeld director of Palermo Observatory
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
studiedAt University of Bologna
University of Parma
Sapienza University of Rome
surface form: University of Rome

University of Turin
taughtAt University of Malta
University of Palermo
workLocation Palermo

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Ceres discoveredBy Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi name Giuseppe Piazzi self-link
Giuseppe Piazzi familyName Giuseppe Piazzi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Piazzi