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Luigi Carnera

1875 - 1962

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Luigi Carnera (born in Trieste April 14, 1875, died in Florence, July 30, 1962) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician. He discovered 16 minor planets in the early 20th century. The main-belt asteroid 39653 Carnera was named in his honour. In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germany he discovered a number of asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Carnera is the 305th most popular astronomer (down from 274th in 2019), the 2,728th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,767th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luigi Carnera ranks 305 out of 644. Before him are David Gill, Maarten Schmidt, Iosif Shklovsky, Christine Kirch, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, and Philippe van Lansberge. After him are Charles Dillon Perrine, Guillaume Le Gentil, Agrippa, Benjamin Markarian, Charles Wolf, and Hubert Reeves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Luigi Carnera ranks 99. Before him are Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Marie Marvingt, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, David Hall, Leonor Michaelis, and Avetik Isahakyan. After him are Joseph, Duke of Parma, Otto Ender, Otto Strandman, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Eusebio Ayala, and Georges Hébert. Among people deceased in 1962, Luigi Carnera ranks 103. Before him are Franz Kline, José Giral, Max Vasmer, Karl Rapp, György Orth, and Charles Galton Darwin. After him are Paavo Aaltonen, Candido Portinari, Richard Herrmann, Hermann Muhs, Pierre Benoit, and Philippe Cattiau.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Carnera ranks 2,728 out of 5,161. Before him are Milena Vukotic (1935), Luigi Delneri (1950), Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642), Adolfo Consolini (1917), Eugenio Dal Corso (1939), and Giuseppe Amisani (1881). After him are Marcus Valerius Corvus (-371), Alda Merini (1931), Francesco Graziani (1952), Gino Paoli (1934), Guido Crepax (1933), and Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Luigi Carnera ranks 19. Before him are Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Geminiano Montanari (1633), and Giorgio Abetti (1882). After him are Guido Bonatti (1210), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Ercole Dembowski (1812), Elia Millosevich (1848), and Luciano Tesi (1931).

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