Giovanni Battista Lacchini (20 May 1884 – 6 January 1967) was an Italian astronomer.

Awards and honors

The Giovanni Battista Lacchini Award is named for him. The Lunar crater Lacchini on the far-side of the Moon and the Mars-crossing asteroid 145962 Lacchini were also named in his honor.

Bibliography

  • "Atlante celeste con 43 carte", Bologna, 1948
  • "Atlante celeste spettroscopico", Faenza, 1958.

References

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  • Il Premio GB Lacchini (Italian)
  • [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-74020-6_12]
  • [https://www.uai.it/sito/premio-lacchini/]