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Caterina Scarpellini
1808Oct, 29

Caterina Scarpellini

Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
Caterina Scarpellini (29 October 1808 – 28 November 1873), was an Italian astronomer who discovered a comet and as a meteorologist she established a station in Rome in the 1850s.

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