Margherita Hack

Margherita Hack
OMCA
Knight Grand Cross OMRI
Hack in 2006
Born(1922-06-12)12 June 1922
Florence, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy
Died29 June 2013(2013-06-29) (aged 91)
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Resting placeCemetery of Sant'Anna, Trieste
Alma materUniversity of Florence
Spouse
Aldo De Rosa
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(m. 1944)​
AwardsTarga Giuseppe Piazzi (1994)
Premio Internazionale Cortina Ulisse (1995)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Popular science
InstitutionsUniversity of Trieste
Signature

Margherita Hack (Italian: [marɡeˈriːta ˈak]; 12 June 1922 – 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.

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