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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Carnera has received more than 15,200 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Luigi Carnera is the 323rd most popular astronomer (up from 335th in 2019), the 2,969th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,847th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luigi Carnera ranks 323 out of 531Before him are Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Adrien Auzout, André Patry, Michael van Langren, Geminiano Montanari, and Johann III Bernoulli. After him are Carl Gustav Witt, James Craig Watson, Alvan Clark, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Frank Muller, and Philippe van Lansberge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Luigi Carnera ranks 105Before him are Issai Schur, Ramiro de Maeztu, Felix Hamrin, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Reginald Punnett, and Alexander Goldenweiser. After him are Beppo Levi, Charles D. B. King, William D. Leahy, Eusebio Ayala, Fritz Manteuffel, and Henrik Sjöberg. Among people deceased in 1962, Luigi Carnera ranks 111Before him are Abdullah Goran, Ernst Grünfeld, Hermann Muhs, Charles Rigoulot, Max Švabinský, and Sylvia Beach. After him are Ossip Bernstein, Gary Hocking, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Paavo Aaltonen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Carnera ranks 2,969 out of 4,668Before him are Galeria Fundana (null), Vittoria Farnese (1618), Geminiano Montanari (1633), Giuseppe Valadier (1762), Enrico Forlanini (1848), and Adriano Panatta (1950). After him are Adolfo Consolini (1917), Giovanna Amati (1959), Fabio Grosso (1977), Beppo Levi (1875), Caterina Murino (1977), and Marco Girolamo Vida (1485).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Luigi Carnera ranks 19Before him are Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Giorgio Abetti (1882), and Geminiano Montanari (1633). After him are Elia Millosevich (1848), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Barnaba Oriani (1752), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), Luciano Tesi (1931), and Andrea Boattini (1969).