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Annibale de Gasparis

Annibale de Gasparis was an Italian astronomer, known for discovering asteroids and his contributions to theoretical astronomy.

Biography
De Gasparis was born in 1819 in Bugnara to Angelo de Gasparis and Eleonora Angelantoni For this studies he earned, as early as 1846, the honorary degree in mathematics by the University of Naples. In 1858, he was appointed professor of astronomy at Naples University. De Gasparis published more than 200 scientific papers on mathematics, celestial mechanics, astronomy and meteorology. He and others occasionally wrote his name as Annibal de Gasparis. == Discoveries ==
Discoveries
Annibale de Gasparis discovered the following nine asteroids visually. In addition, he also independently discovered 14 Irene, whose discovery was, however, credited to the English astronomer John Russell Hind. ==Honours and awards==
Honours and awards
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1851. He was also awarded the Lalande Prize from 1849 to 1853. On 20 January 1861 he was appointed Senator of the Kingdom of Italy for his high scientific merits. Recipient of the Order of the Red Eagle, and of the Order of the Rose. The main-belt asteroid 4279 De Gasparis as well as the 30-kilometer lunar crater de Gasparis and the nearby 93-kilometer long fracture Rimae de Gasparis, are named in his honour. == References ==
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