Angelo Secchi

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Angelo Secchi

Physics

#423

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Astronomy

#80

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Why Is Angelo Secchi Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Angelo Secchi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer from the Italian region of Emilia. He was director of the observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.

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