Born in
Milan on 7 January 1783, he studied astronomy under
Barnaba Oriani, and became director of the
Brera Astronomical Observatory in 1832. He published
Nuove tavole de moti apparenti del sole in 1832. In 1810, he had already published
Esposizione di un nuovo metodo di construire le tavole astronomiche applicato alle tavole del sole. Together with
Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, he participated in a
geodetic project in
Austria and Italy. During this trip in 1821 he took
pendulum measurements on top of Mount Cenis, Italy, from which he calculated one of the first estimates of the density and
mass of the Earth. He died in
Milan on 29 August 1862. The crater
Carlini on the
Moon is named after him. == References ==