Pio Emanuelli

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Pio Emanuelli (born November 3, 1888 in Rome , † July 2, 1946 in Rome) was an Italian astronomer , historian and popular scientist.

From 1910 he worked at the Vatican Observatory ( IAU Code 036) in Castel Gandolfo , where the director at the time, the Jesuit Father Johann Georg Hagen , had called him. He has written numerous scientific works with an emphasis on the history of astronomy and popular science treatises. He then completed his habilitation in astronomy at La Sapienza University in Rome, where he became professor for the history of astronomy from 1938 .

His popular scientific work includes numerous articles on astronomical topics that appeared in the "Dal taccuino astronomico di Pio Emanuelli" section of the monthly Coelum Astronomia . From 1930 he wrote further astronomical articles for the popular science column of the Corriere della Sera .

The asteroid (11145) Emanuelli was named after him in 1997.

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Catalog raisonné

  • Pio Emanuelli, A quali osservatori debbono spedirsi le carte fotografiche del cielo? , Catania: Tip. C. Galatola, 1914
  • Pio Emanuelli, Il cielo e le sue meraviglie: atlante di 150 tavole . Milano: Hoepli, stampa 1934
  • Pio Emanuelli, Eclisse solare del April 17, 1912 . Catania: Tip. Galatola, 1912
  • Pio Emanuelli, Eventi astronomici e bizzarrie scientifiche . Albano Laziale: Fratelli Strini, 1927
  • Pio Emanuelli, Perche il bimillenario virgiliano cade nel 1931 . Napoli: SIEM, 1930

literature

  • Giuseppe Monaco:  Emanuelli, Pio. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 42:  Dugoni – Enza. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1993.
  • Mario Girolamo Fracastoro (1948). "Pio Emanuelli", Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana , 19 : 229 ff ( on-line )

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personal data
SURNAME Emanuelli, Pio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1946
Place of death Rome