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Francesco de Vico -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Father Francesco de Vico (1805 – 1848) was an Italian (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomer at (Click link for more info and facts about Vatican Observatory) Vatican Observatory, and also a (A member of the Jesuit order) Jesuit. |
 | | He discovered or co-discovered a number of ((astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit) comets, including periodic comets 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT and 122P/de Vico. |
 | | He also independently discovered the comet (C/1847 T1) that brought fame to (United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)) Maria Mitchell, two days after she did. |
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