Ulisse Munari is an Italian astronomer

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

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He is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padua

University of Padua

The University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...

, and works at the Asiago Observatory. He is a member of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) team, an all-sky survey using the UK's 1.2m Schmidt telescope

Schmidt camera

A Schmidt camera, also referred to as the Schmidt telescope, is a catadioptric astrophotographic telescope designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberrations. Other similar designs are the Wright Camera and Lurie-Houghton telescope....

 in Australia, as well as working with the planned GAIA mission

Gaia probe

Gaia is a European Space Agency astrometry space mission, and a successor to the ESA Hipparcos mission. It was included within the context of the ESA Horizon 2000 Plus long-term scientific programme in 2000. Arianespace expects to launch Gaia for the ESA in March 2013, using a Soyuz rocket from...

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He discovered more of 50 asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s. The asteroid 7599 Munari

7599 Munari

7599 Munari is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 3, 1994 by A. Boattini at San Marcello.- External links :*...

is named for him
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External links

• Homepage
• GAIA people, EAS.