Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (1706 – 1776), Italian astronomer and physician. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health He was a Jesuit and director of the observatory at the Collegio Romano. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events Pontifical Gregorian University (Pontificia Università Gregoriana (also known as the Gregorianum) is a Pontifical university located in Rome, Italy

His works include:

• De veneris per solem transitu exercitatio astronomica habita in Collegio Romano (Rome, 1761). Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

• De objectivi micrometri usu in planetarum diametris metiendis. Exercitatio optico-astronomica habita in Collegio Romano a Patribus Societatis Jesu (Rome, 1765). Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

• De cometarum motu exercitatio astronomica habita in collegio Romano patribus Societatis Jesu. Prid. Non. Septem (Rome, 1769). Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

The lunar crater Asclepi is named after him. This is a list of craters on the Moon. The large majority of these features are Impact craters The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Asclepi is a heavily worn lunar crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon.