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Barnaba Oriani
Barnaba OrianiFRSFRSE (17 July 1752 – 12 November 1832) was an Italian priest, geodesist, astronomer and scientist, known for Oriani's theorem and for his research on Uranus. His skill in spherical trigonometry enabled him to be the first in computing the path and perturbations of the first dwarf planet, Ceres (discovered by his friend Piazzi in 1801). Oriani was also the first to determine the orbit of Uranus.