Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by (esa.int) 65 points by simonebrunozzi 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] nkoren 5y ago ↗ > Almost everything known until now about the planet Mercury comes from Mariner 10’s orbits during 1974-75Er, rather than "until now", surely the article means "until 2011, when MESSENGER went into orbit around Mercury"
[–] davidw 5y ago ↗ University of Padova has turned out a lot of impressive people. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_FagginFurther back, Galileo taught there. [–] giansegato 5y ago ↗ My Alma Mater! Weird to see it mentioned here. [–] lou1306 5y ago ↗ Another case in point: Tullio Levi-Civita [0]. His work on tensor calculus became a cornerstone of relativity. Famously, Einstein was once asked what he liked the most about Italy, and replied: "Spaghetti and Levi-Civita".[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita
[–] lou1306 5y ago ↗ Another case in point: Tullio Levi-Civita [0]. His work on tensor calculus became a cornerstone of relativity. Famously, Einstein was once asked what he liked the most about Italy, and replied: "Spaghetti and Levi-Civita".[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita
7 comments
[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 30.6 ms ] threadBeppe
Er, rather than "until now", surely the article means "until 2011, when MESSENGER went into orbit around Mercury"
Further back, Galileo taught there.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita