Giorgio Abetti
Giorgio Abetti (born October 5, 1882 in Padua , † August 24, 1982 in Florence ) was an Italian astronomer .
Giorgio Abetti was the son of the astronomer Antonio Abetti , then director of the Arcetri Observatory near Florence. He studied in Rome and Padua and received his doctorate in Padua in 1904 . Abetti initially worked as an assistant in Heidelberg , from 1908 in Chicago at the Mt. Wilson Observatory , 1909 in Naples and from 1910 at the observatory of the Collegio Romano in Rome .
In 1921 he took over the post of director of Arcetri after his father, which he held until 1953. Between 1921 and 1957 he was a professor at the University of Florence . He led two expeditions to observe the solar eclipses of 1936 in Siberia and 1952 in Sudan . In 1948 and 1949 he was visiting professor in Cairo ( Egypt ) and in 1950 in the USA .
In particular, Giorgio Abetti researched the physics of the sun and published important work on the structure of the chromosphere and the flow of gas masses inside sunspots .
Giorgio Abetti was Vice President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). He received numerous awards for his work, including the Jules Janssen Prize in 1937 . Since 1955 he was a member ( Honorary Fellow ) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
In honor of father and son Abetti, two lunar craters and the asteroid (2646) Abetti were named after them.
literature
- Giovanni Godoli: Abetti, Giorgio. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 34: Primo supplemento AC. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1988.
Web links
- Literature by and about Giorgio Abetti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by G. Abetti in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for G. Abetti in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ↑ shaper RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 3, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abetti, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Padua , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1982 |
| Place of death | Florence |