Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer famous for his discovering the first dwarf planet, Ceres, on 1 January 1801. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt and was originally classified as a planet.
Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer famous for his discovering the first dwarf planet, Ceres, on 1 January 1801. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt and was originally classified as a planet.