Mentore Maggini (6 February 1890 – 8 May 1941) was an Italian

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either o ...

. He was director of the

Collurania Observatory The Collurania Observatory, also Teramo Observatory, ( it, Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania "Vincenzo Cerulli"), is an astronomical observatory located in Teramo, in Abruzzo region of central Italy. It was founded by Vincenzo Cerulli in ...

and is best known for his maps of

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and the work on

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s. A crater on Mars was named in his honor.

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1890 births 1941 deaths 20th-century Italian astronomers People from Empoli {{Italy-astronomer-stub