Schiaparelli Giovanni Virginio

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S0133500 (skē-äp′ə-rĕl′ē, skăp′-, shăp′-, skyäp′ä-rĕl′lē), Giovanni Virginio 1835-1910. Italian astronomer who first observed lines on the surface of Mars, which he described as canals.