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    Paolo Maffei (2 January 1926 – 1 March 2009) was an Italian astrophysicist and science writer. He was born in Arezzo and was director of the Catania Observatory...
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    Paolo Alessandro Maffei (11 January 1653 – 26 July 1716) was an antiquarian with a humanist education, who was active in Rome. Maffei was the son of Paolo...
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  • Maffei is a surname of Italian origin. Alberto Maffei (born 1995), Italian snowboarder Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei (1662–1730), Bavarian general Agnese...
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    IC 342/Maffei Group. It was named after Paolo Maffei, who discovered it and the neighboring Maffei 2 in 1967 via their infrared emissions. Maffei 1 is a...
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    Maffei 2 and Maffei 1 were both discovered by Paolo Maffei in 1968 from their infrared emission. Maffei 2 lies in the Zone of Avoidance and is about 99...
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    sky. Two very large nearby galaxies, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2, were discovered in the Zone of Avoidance by Paolo Maffei by their infrared emission in 1968...
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  • also conducted at Leuschner in 1979 [1]. In 1968, Italian astronomer Paolo Maffei reported observing two strange objects. A graduate student at Berkeley...
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    Paolo Maffei, director of the Catania Observatory from 1975 to 1980, was one of the pioneers of infrared astronomy. He discovered 2 galaxies, Maffei 1...
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    Francesco Scipione Maffei (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ʃʃiˈpjoːne mafˈfɛi]; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many...
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  • Project Small Magellanic Cloud Microlensing MaffeiPaolo Maffei (for example: galaxies Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 in Cassiopeia) Mailyan — (for example: Mailyan...
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    previously undiscovered galaxies, now called Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 for the first astronomer to observe them, Paolo Maffei, both relatively near to the Milky Way...
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    supersymmetry. Paolo Maffei (1926–2009), was a professional astronomer who has discovered two galaxies. These soon became known as Maffei 1 and 2. Giovanni...
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  • Charles S. Lieber, 78, Belgian-born American nutritionist, stomach cancer. Paolo Maffei, 83, Italian astronomer and science fiction writer. Alf Pike, 91, Canadian...
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    December 2021. pp. 83–85, Variable Stars, Michel Petit, foreword by Paolo Maffei, tr. from French by W. J. Duffin, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons,...
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  • three-meter dome of his own private observatory. JPL · 18418 18426 Maffei 1993 YN2 Paolo Maffei, Italian astronomer † MPC · 18426 18430 Balzac 1994 AK16 Honoré...
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    Howitzer 155 mm) is a wheeled self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (now known as KNDS Deutschland), a German defence company. The RCH...
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  • Marta Maffei (b. 1957), the founder of a cultural center for the promotion of scientific studies dedicated to her father, the Italian astronomer Paolo Maffei...
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  • Marcantonio Maffei (29 November 1521 – 22 August 1583) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Marcantonio Maffei was born in Bergamo on 29...
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    Raffaele Maffei OSM (17 February 1451 – 25 January 1522) was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian; and member of the Servite Order. He was a native...
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  • Paolo Oberti, O.P. (died 1567) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Venosa (1567). Paolo Oberti was ordained a priest in the Dominican...
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    Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition Ferdinando Meglio, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Marco Romano — Fencing, Sabre Team Competition...
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    Pope Paul VI (redirect from Paolo VI)
    Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista enˈriːko anˈtɔːnjo...
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  • Paolo Cortesi or Cortese, in Latin Paulus Cortesius or de Cortesii (1465–1510), was a Renaissance humanist from Rome. He is known for his Ciceronianism...
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    PzH 2000, is a German 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall in the 1980s and 1990s for the German Army...
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    for Palazzo della Dataria) Palace of the Vicariate (also called Palazzo Maffei Marescotti) in Via della Pigna off the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II near the...
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    Alessandro Longhi, Lorenzo Veneziano, Johann Carl Loth, Lorenzo Lotto, Francesco Maffei, Giovanni Mansueti, Andrea Mantegna, Rocco Marconi, Michele Marieschi, Hans...
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  • death in 1990. Later, several journalists alternated, notably Fabrizio Maffei, Giampiero Galeazzi and Paola Ferrari. "Da domenica per il Campionato in...
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    Competition Mario Tullio Montano, Tommaso Montano, Angelo Arcidiacono, Michele Maffei, and Mario Aldo Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition Umberto...
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    Cambridge University Press. p. 555. Paolo Alessandro Maffei (1709), Gemmae Antiche, Pt. IV, pl. 31; Kern (2000): Maffei "erroneously deemed the piece to...
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    century frescoes on the interior walls, and a large canvas by Francesco Maffei showing the church with a bell tower, which has since collapsed. In the...
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