Name Annibale Gasparis | Role Astronomer | |
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Discovered 11 Parthenope, 16 Psyche, 13 Egeria, 63 Ausonia, 10 Hygiea, 83 Beatrix, 24 Themis, 15 Eunomia, 20 Massalia | ||
Annibale de Gasparis (November 9, 1819, Bugnara – March 21, 1892, Naples; [anˈniːbale de ˈɡasparis]) was an Italian astronomer, born in Bugnara to parents originally from Tocco da Casauria.
From 1864 to 1889 he was the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples. He and others occasionally wrote his name as Annibal de Gasparis.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1851. Awarded the Lalande Prize in 1851 and 1852.
The main-belt asteroid 4279 De Gasparis as well as the 30-kilometer lunar crater de Gasparis and the nearby 93-kilometer long fracture Rimae de Gasparis, are named in his honour.
Discoveries
Annibale de Gasparis discovered visually the following nine asteroids. In addition, he also independently discovered 14 Irene, which discovery was, however, credited to the English astronomer John Russell Hind.