Colombo, Guiseppe (`Bepi') (1920-84)

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Jul 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5442. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Colombo was a mathematician and engineer, born in Italy, professor at the University of Padua. He explained the peculiar rotation of Mercury. The planet turns three times during two revolutions around the Sun, in a previously unsuspected resonance (see mercury). Using this feature, Colombo discovered the orbital manoeuvre that enabled Mariner 10 (see mariner missions) to pass close to Mercury thr...

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