Annibale de Gasparis - Definition and Overview

**Asteroids discovered: 9**
10 Hygiea	April 12 1849
11 Parthenope	May 11 1850
13 Egeria	November 2 1850
15 Eunomia	July 29 1851
16 Psyche	March 17 1852
20 Massalia	September 19 1852
24 Themis	April 5 1853
63 Ausonia	February 10 1861
83 Beatrix	April 26 1865

Annibale de Gasparis (April 9 1819 – March 21 1892) was an Italian astronomer. From 1864–1889 he was the director of the Capo di Monte Observatory in Naples.

He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1851.

The asteroid 4279 De Gasparis as well as the lunar crater de Gasparis (30 km diametre) and the Rimae de Gasparis (a 93 km long fracture near the crater) are named in his honour.

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