Antonio Abetti

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birth_date = June 19 1846
birth_place = San Pietro di Gorizia
death_date = February 20 1928
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field = astronomy
work_institutions = Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
alma_mater = University of Padua
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Antonio Abetti (June 19 1846 – February 20 1928) was an Italian astronomer.

Born in San Pietro di Gorizia, he earned a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Padua. Later he became director of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and a professor at the University of Florence. In 1874 he was part of an expedition led by Pietro Tacchini to observe a transit of Venus with a spectroscope. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and the Royal Astronomical Society.

The Abetti crater on the Moon is named after both Antonio and his son Giorgio Abetti.

External links

* [http://www.plicht.de/chris/files/a/abettiantonio.htm Biography of Abetti]