- Annibale Riccò
Annibale Riccò (
September 14 ,1844 –September 23 ,1919 ) was an Italianastronomer .He was born in
Milan ,Italy . In 1868 he was awarded a bachelors degree from the "Università di Modena", then an engineering degree from the "Politecnico di Milano ". Between 1868 and 1877 he worked as an assistant at theModena Observatory, teaching mathematics and physics at the "Università di Modena". He taught atNaples and thenPalermo , where he also worked at the observatory.In 1890 he was named to the chair of astrophysics at the Università di Catania, and became director of the observatory on
Mount Etna as well as the first director of the Catania Observatory. Between 1898 and 1900 he was named chancellor of the University.During his career he performed research into
sunspots , and he participated in foursolar eclipse expeditions, leading the expeditions in 1905 and 1914. He was president of the "Società degli Spettroscopisti Italiani" and the "Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania". He also served as vice president of theInternational Astronomical Union .Ricco crater on the
Moon is named after him.He died in
Rome ,Italy .External links
* [http://www.astropa.unipa.it/HISTORY/history.htm On the History of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory] .
* [http://io.ingrm.it/tromos/comments/COMM01089.HTM Riccò Annibale] biography.
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