Italian Contributions to Planetary Astronomy From the Discovery of Ceres to Pluto's Orbit /

This book describes the most important contributions of Italian astronomers to the development of planetary astronomy during the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century. This journey through what may be regarded as the golden era of Italian astronomy commences with the discove...

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Erakunde egilea: SpringerLink (Online service)
Beste egile batzuk: Chinnici, Ileana (Argitaratzailea)
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa eBook
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Argitaratua: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edizioa:1st ed. 2024.
Saila:Historical & Cultural Astronomy,
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Sarrera elektronikoa:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48389-9
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Aurkibidea:
  • 1. A look back to Galileo by Giorgio Strano
  • 2. The discovery of Ceres, a sort of “scientific comedy” by Ileana Chinnici
  • 3. Schiaparelli’s studies about Mars, asteroids and shooting stars by Mario Carpino and Agnese Mandrino
  • 4. Comet observers in Florence by Simone Bianchi, Daniele Galli and Antonella Gasperini
  • 5. Angelo Secchi and planetary astronomy by Aldo Altamore, William Sheehan and Richard McKim
  • 6. Transit of Venus 1874: an Italian expedition to Bengal by Giuseppe Massone
  • 7. De Gasparis’ asteroids by Mauro Gargano
  • 8. Catania Observatory and Eros parallax by Gianfranco Occhipinti
  • 9. The last “Italian” asteroids by Giuseppe Massone
  • 10. Pluto’s orbit: the Paduan contribution by Valeria Zanini and Simone Zaggia.