Giuseppe Piazzi

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The Reverend Giuseppe Piazzi
Costanzo Angelini, Portrait of Giuseppe Piazzi, c. 1825
Born	(1746-07-16)16 July 1746 Ponte in Valtellina
Died	22 July 1826(1826-07-22) (aged 80) Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres
Awards	Lalande Prize (1803)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	University of Malta University of Palermo Palermo Astronomical Observatory

Giuseppe Piazzi (US: /ˈpjɑːtsi/ PYAHT-see,^[1] Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈpjattsi]; 16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S. Vaiana.^[2] He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres.