He was the vice president of the International Astronomical Union in 1938, and received the Medaglia d'argento from the Italian Geographic Society (1915), the Premio reale from the Accademia dei Lincei (1925), and the Janssen medal (1937).
V roku 1938 bol viceprezidentom Medzinárodnej astronomickej únie a získal Medaglia d'argento od Talianskej geografickej spoločnosti (1915), Premio reale od Accademia dei Lincei (1925), a Janssenovu medailu (1937).