Giuseppe Piazzi

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Catholic priest Italian person astronomer human mathematician

Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.

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Label Occurrences
Giuseppe Piazzi canonical 4
Piazzi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Italian person ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
birthCountry Italy ⓘ
birthDate 1746-07-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Ponte in Valtellina ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
countryOfWork Italy ⓘ
deathCountry Italy ⓘ
deathDate 1826-07-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Naples ⓘ
discovered Ceres ⓘ
discoveryDate 1801-01-01 ⓘ
employer Palermo Astronomical Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Palermo Observatory

University of Palermo ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
familyName Giuseppe Piazzi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Piazzi
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
givenName Giuseppe ⓘ
hasHonor Martian crater Piazzi ⓘ
asteroid 1000 Piazzia ⓘ
lunar crater Piazzi ⓘ
influenced 19th-century astronomy ⓘ
influencedBy Jérôme Lalande ⓘ
knownFor discovery of Ceres ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
surface form: Royal Society of London

Royal Society of Naples ⓘ
Theatine Order ⓘ
name Giuseppe Piazzi self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
notableWork star catalog of 7,646 stars ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
positionHeld director of Palermo Observatory ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
studiedAt University of Bologna ⓘ
University of Parma ⓘ
Sapienza University of Rome ⓘ
surface form: University of Rome

University of Turin ⓘ
taughtAt University of Malta ⓘ
University of Palermo ⓘ
workLocation Palermo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceres → discoveredBy → Giuseppe Piazzi ⓘ
Giuseppe Piazzi → name → Giuseppe Piazzi self-link ⓘ
Giuseppe Piazzi → familyName → Giuseppe Piazzi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piazzi
Palermo Astronomical Observatory → associatedAstronomer → Giuseppe Piazzi ⓘ
Palermo Astronomical Observatory → employed → Giuseppe Piazzi ⓘ