Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by

University of Padova has turned out a lot of impressive people. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin

Further back, Galileo taught there.

My Alma Mater! Weird to see it mentioned here.

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

> Almost everything known until now about the planet Mercury comes from Mariner 10’s orbits during 1974-75

Er, rather than "until now", surely the article means "until 2011, when MESSENGER went into orbit around Mercury"

Great Bepi! Other Padua prominents: https://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni

https://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni