Antonio Vagnozzi
Antonio Vagnozzi (born 1950) is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.[2][3]
see § List of discovered minor planets |
Astronomical career
Vagnozzi is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of 46 minor planets during 1993–1999.[1] In 1993, he was Italy's first amateur astronomer (and the second discoverer worldwide) to discover a minor planet using a CCD camera. (The first numbered CCD-based discovery was 4255 Spacewatch, which was discovered by the Spacewatch project in 1986).[3]
He also searches for supernovae and is a co-discoverer of SN 1996ae.[3][4]
Awards and honors
The main-belt asteroid 7529 Vagnozzi was named in his honor.[3] The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 11 April 1998 (M.P.C. 31611).[5]
List of discovered minor planets
5609 Stroncone | 22 March 1993 | list |
5654 Terni | 20 May 1993 | list |
6417 Liberati | 4 December 1993 | list |
8943 Stefanozavka | 30 January 1997 | list |
10208 Germanicus | 30 August 1997 | list |
12358 Azzurra | 22 September 1993 | list |
14077 Volfango | 9 August 1996 | list |
15391 Steliomancinelli | 3 October 1997 | list |
17547 Nestebovelli | 21 September 1993 | list |
19262 Lucarubini | 29 July 1995 | list |
20139 Marianeschi | 19 August 1996 | list |
21160 Saveriolombardi | 10 October 1993 | list |
(21189) 1994 JB | 3 May 1994 | list |
(21190) 1994 JQ | 10 May 1994 | list |
(21287) 1996 UU3 | 31 October 1996 | list |
(24137) 1999 VP72 | 9 November 1999 | list |
(26894) 1995 KN1 | 29 May 1995 | list |
(39641) 1995 KM1 | 29 May 1995 | list |
(42545) 1996 FR2 | 21 March 1996 | list |
43924 Martoni | 22 February 1996 | list |
(46648) 1995 SY | 22 September 1995 | list |
(46656) 1995 WT6 | 28 November 1995 | list |
(52459) 1995 DS | 21 February 1995 | list |
(58292) 1994 GC | 2 April 1994 | list |
(58500) 1996 VU1 | 6 November 1996 | list |
(65812) 1996 SG7 | 30 September 1996 | list |
(69351) 1994 AE3 | 15 January 1994 | list |
(69425) 1996 BC | 16 January 1996 | list |
(73719) 1993 FT | 22 March 1993 | list |
(79213) 1994 EX | 8 March 1994 | list |
(79314) 1996 DP1 | 23 February 1996 | list |
(100174) 1994 AJ2 | 12 January 1994 | list |
(100187) 1994 BT4 | 29 January 1994 | list |
(100198) 1994 EA1 | 9 March 1994 | list |
(100352) 1995 TD1 | 14 October 1995 | list |
(118216) 1996 DU1 | 22 February 1996 | list |
(120499) 1993 NA | 9 July 1993 | list |
(120500) 1993 OM | 24 July 1993 | list |
(129473) 1993 TK | 10 October 1993 | list |
(129543) 1996 RU5 | 14 September 1996 | list |
(178300) 1993 ON | 24 July 1993 | list |
(185663) 1994 EE | 4 March 1994 | list |
(213005) 1993 RC | 11 September 1993 | list |
(241583) 1996 UV3 | 31 October 1996 | list |
(269695) 1996 VW1 | 6 November 1996 | list |
(275494) 1993 PA | 10 August 1993 | list |
See also
References
- "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- Marsden, B. G. (1994). "Asteroid and comet surveys". Astronomy from wide-field imaging: proceedings of the 161st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union. International Astronomical Union. p. 398. ISBN 9780792328797. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(7529) Vagnozzi". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7529) Vagnozzi. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 601–602. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6537. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- "SN 1996ae". Sternberg Astronomical Institute – Moscow University. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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