{"id":423036,"date":"2026-04-29T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/?p=423036"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:55:44","slug":"vaticano-uniao-astronomica-atribui-nome-do-papa-leao-xiii-a-asteroide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/vaticano-uniao-astronomica-atribui-nome-do-papa-leao-xiii-a-asteroide\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaticano: Uni\u00e3o Astron\u00f3mica atribui nome do Papa Le\u00e3o XIII a asteroide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_423037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423037\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-423037 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spceola_VM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spceola_VM.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spceola_VM-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spceola_VM-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spceola_VM-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-423037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: Vatican Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cidade do Vaticano, 29 abr 2026 (Ecclesia) \u2013 O Observat\u00f3rio Astron\u00f3mico do Vaticano anunciou hoje a atribui\u00e7\u00e3o do nome do Papa Le\u00e3o XIII a um asteroide, homenageando o refundador da institui\u00e7\u00e3o cient\u00edfica em 1891.<\/p>\n<p>A decis\u00e3o reconhece tamb\u00e9m tr\u00eas outros investigadores ligados \u00e0 Specola Vaticana, cujos nomes batizam agora corpos celestes descobertos atrav\u00e9s do Telesc\u00f3pio de Tecnologia Avan\u00e7ada do Vaticano, no Arizona (EUA).<\/p>\n<p>O asteroide \u2018(858334) Gioacchinopecci\u2019 eterniza o nome de batismo do pont\u00edfice italiano Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci, respons\u00e1vel por reativar as estruturas de observa\u00e7\u00e3o da Igreja Cat\u00f3lica ap\u00f3s a perda dos territ\u00f3rios pontif\u00edcios.<\/p>\n<p>A inten\u00e7\u00e3o original do Papa Le\u00e3o XIII passava por demonstrar o apoio da institui\u00e7\u00e3o ao desenvolvimento do conhecimento.<\/p>\n<p>A Uni\u00e3o Astron\u00f3mica Internacional oficializou igualmente as designa\u00e7\u00f5es \u2018(836955) Lais\u2019, \u2018(836275) Pietromaffi\u2019 e \u2018(688696) Bertiau\u2019, prestando tributo a antigos dirigentes e colaboradores.<\/p>\n<p>Os homenageados incluem o sacerdote italiano Giuseppe Lais, vice-diretor do observat\u00f3rio durante tr\u00eas d\u00e9cadas, e o cardeal Pietro Maffi, respons\u00e1vel pela entrega da organiza\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Companhia de Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>A distin\u00e7\u00e3o estende-se ao jesu\u00edta belga Florent Constant Bertiau, pioneiro na an\u00e1lise computorizada de dados e fundador do Centro de C\u00e1lculo do Observat\u00f3rio Vaticano.<\/p>\n<p>A identifica\u00e7\u00e3o dos quatro corpos celestes resultou do trabalho conjunto do astr\u00f3nomo lituano Kazimieras Cernis e do padre jesu\u00edta Richard Boyle.<\/p>\n<p>O processo de nomenclatura oficial exige a determina\u00e7\u00e3o exata da \u00f3rbita espacial, substituindo a designa\u00e7\u00e3o num\u00e9rica provis\u00f3ria atribu\u00edda no momento da descoberta inicial.<\/p>\n<p><em>OC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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