Annibale Riccò

Annibale Riccò

Annibale Riccò ( September 14, 1844 - September 23, 1919 ) was an Italian astronomer .

Born in Milan , he graduated from the University of Modena in 1868 and then studied engineering at the Milan Polytechnic . Between 1868 and 1877 he worked as an assistant at the Modena Observatory and taught mathematics and physics at the University of Modena. He later taught in Naples and then in Palermo , where he also worked at the observatory .

In 1890 the University of Catania appointed him to the chair of astrophysics, and Riccò became director of the observatory on Etna and first director of the Catania observatory . From 1898 to 1900 he was the university's chancellor.

During his career he explored sunspots and participated in four solar eclipse expeditions, leading the expeditions in 1905 and 1914. He was president of the Società degli Spettroscopisti Italiani ( Italian Spectroscopic Society ) and the Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania . He was also Vice-President of the International Astronomical Union and was elected President of the Volcanology Division of the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) for the period 1919–1922 .

Honors

• 1914 Jules Janssen Prize
• The lunar crater "Ricco" was named after him.
• The asteroid 1995 QS2 was named in his honor (18462) Riccò .

Web links

• Publications by A. Ricco in the Astrophysics Data System
• Obituaries for A. Ricco in the Astrophysics Data System

credentials

• On the History of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory .
• Riccò Annibale ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 990 kB) biography (ital.).
• Obituary Notices: Associates: Riccò, Annibale . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 80, August, p. 365. bibcode : 1920MNRAS..80..365. .
• Alessandro Malladra: Annibale Riccò . In: Bulletin Volcanologique . 1, No. 1, July 1924, pp. 81-85. doi : 10.1007 / BF02736096 .