Planetary and Cometary Astronomy at the Collegio Romano

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2024
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Altamore, Aldo
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Jesuit astronomers working at the Collegio Romano Observatory have made many contributions in the field of planetary astronomy: De Vico and Dumouchel studied Halley’s comet, while Secchi was a pioneer in cometary spectroscopy, studying the surface of the Moon, Saturn’s shape, and Mars’ surface; he discovered a comet in 1853, and in 1869 he was the first to observe the spectrum of Uranus.
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Italian contributions to planetary astronomy. From the discovery of Ceres to Pluto’s orbit
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