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Annibale Gasparis Edit Profile

Astronomer university professor

Annibale de Gasparis was an Italian astronomer, born in Bugnara to parents originally from Tocco da Casauria.

Career

From 1864 to 1889 he was the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples. His name was occasionally written Annibal de Gasparis, including by himself. The asteroid 4279 De Gasparis as well as the lunar crater de Gasparis (30 km in diameter) and the Rimae de Gasparis (a 93 km long fracture near the crater) are named in his honour.

Achievements

  • He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1851. Awarded the Lalande Prize in 1851 and 1852.

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Awards

  • Order of the Red Eagle; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society Lalande Prize; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

    The Lalande Prize was an award for scientific advances in astronomy, given from 1802 until 1970 by the French Academy of Sciences.; The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is the highest award given by the RAS.