Giuseppe Asclepi

Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (* 1706 in Macerata, † 1776 in Rome ) was an Italian astronomer and physicist.

He was a Jesuit, professor of philosophy and physics in Perugia, Siena. 1759, he was, as the successor of Ruggiero Boscovich, a professor of mathematics and director of the observatory at the Collegio Romano. Here he observed the transit of Venus. The local professor of mathematics, Andrea Spagni, supported him in his astronomical observations.

In his honor, a lunar crater was named, see Asclepi (crater ).

Works

  • De Veneris by solem transitu exercitatio astronomica habita in Collegio Romano (Rome, 1761 )
  • De objectivi micrometri usu in planetarum diametris metiendis. Exercitatio optico - astronomica habita in Collegio Romano Societatis a Patribus of Jesus (Rome, 1765 )
  • De motu cometarum exercitatio astronomica habita in Collegio Romano Societatis patribus Jesu.Prid.Non.Septem (Rome, 1769).
  • Astronomer (18th century)
  • Historical person (Italy )
  • Born in 1706
  • Died in 1776
  • Man
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