Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (died 1873)

Caterina Scarpellini

Italian astronomer

Caterina Scarpellini was an Italian astronomer and meteorologist who discovered a comet and as a meteorologist she established a station in Rome in the 1850s. She published more than fifty notes and reports over twenty years, and was rewarded with a silver medal by the Italian…