Shi ne mai lura da abubuwa a cikin hasken rana, Schiaparelli ya yi aiki a kan taurari biyu, ya gano babban babban-belt asteroid 69 Hesperia a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1861, kuma ya nuna cewa meteor showers sun hade da comets. Ya tabbatar, alal misali, cewa kewayon Leonid meteor ruwan sama ya yi daidai da na comet Tempel-Tuttle. Wadannan lura sun sa masanin taurari ya tsara ka'idar, daga baya ya tabbatar da cewa daidai ne, cewa meteor showers na iya zama waƙoƙin comets. Ya kuma kasance mai sha'awar duniyar Mercury da Venus. Ya yi zane-zane da yawa kuma ya ƙayyade lokutan juyawa. A shekara ta 1965, an nuna cewa shi da sauran matakan da suka biyo baya na ƙungiyar Mercury ba daidai ba ne.
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