Vincenzo Silvano Casulli

Vincenzo Silvano Casulli, usually known as Silvano Casulli (25 August 1944 – 24 July 2018[2]) was an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his Vallemare di Borbona Observatory (A55) in Lazio.

Minor planets discovered: 194 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 192 minor planets.[1] In 1985 he served on a team involved in using the Hubble Space Telescope in a study that focused on Transition Comets—UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids. He was the first amateur astronomer to obtain precise astronometric positions of minor planets using a CCD camera. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

In 1997, the inner main-belt asteroid and member of the Flora family, 7132 Casulli, was named by astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi in his honor (M.P.C. 30800).[3][4]

Discoveries

9121 Stefanovalentini

On 24 February 1998, he discovered 9121 Stefanovalentini at the Italian Colleverde Observatory. It is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the main-belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter.[5][6] Casulli also obtained a light-curve from photometric observations and determined a period of 11.84 hours for the body's rotation.[6][7] He named it in honour of amateur astronomer Stefano Valentini.[8]

93061 Barbagallo

Together with Italian astronomer Ermes Colombini and others, he co-discovered the asteroid 93061 Barbagallo on 23 September 2000. The group-discovery is credited to the discovering observatory, Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna. The asteroid was named after Mariano Barbagallo, an Italian colleague and friend of Colombini.[9]

List of discovered minor planets
6339 Giliberti20 September 1993list
6530 Adry12 April 1994list
6877 Giada10 October 1994list
6929 Misto31 October 1994list
7600 Vacchi9 September 1994list
7665 Putignano11 October 1994list
7961 Ercolepoli10 October 1994list
8569 Mameli1 October 1996list
8716 Ginestra23 September 1995list
8742 Bonazzoli14 February 1998list
9121 Stefanovalentini24 February 1998list
10386 Romulus12 October 1996list
11142 Facchini7 January 1997list
11328 Mariotozzi19 October 1995list
11578 Cimabue4 March 1994list
12384 Luigimartella10 October 1994list
13197 Pontecorvo17 February 1997list
13653 Priscus9 February 1997list
13684 Borbona27 August 1997list
14088 Ancus3 May 1997list
14498 Bernini28 February 1995list
15007 Edoardopozio5 July 1998list
15353 Meucci22 November 1994list
15854 Numa15 February 1996list
15869 Tullius8 August 1996list
16770 Angkor Wat30 October 1996list
17556 Pierofrancesca16 November 1993list
17649 Brunorossi17 October 1996list
18169 Amaldi20 August 2000list
18509 Bellini14 September 1996list
18596 Superbus21 January 1998list
21219 Mascagni28 November 1994list
21311 Servius4 December 1996list
23564 Ungaretti6 November 1994list
24826 Pascoli22 August 1995list
24946 Foscolo1 July 1997list
25312 Asiapossenti22 December 1998list
29347 Natta5 March 1995list
29361 Botticelli9 February 1996list
29428 Ettoremajorana31 March 1997list
29449 Taharbenjelloun29 August 1997list
29470 Higgs26 October 1997list
31319 Vespucci20 April 1998list
31429 Diegoazzaro21 January 1999list
32891 Amatrice9 February 1994list
32911 Cervara4 November 1994list
32945 Lecce24 November 1995list
32987 Uyuni4 December 1996list
33002 Everest17 February 1997list
35295 Omo1 November 1996list
37627 Lucaparmitano11 October 1993list
37640 Luiginegrelli20 November 1993list
37683 Gustaveeiffel19 May 1995list
37735 Riccardomuti1 November 1996list
40134 Marsili27 August 1998list
42585 Pheidippides30 March 1997list
43935 Danshechtman1 October 1996list
(44355) 1998 ST218 September 1998list
48720 Enricomentana29 September 1996list
50866 Davidesprizzi1 April 2000list
51915 Andry20 August 2001list
52558 Pigafetta27 March 1997list
(52862) 1998 SR419 September 1998list
(56038) 1998 XC37 December 1998list
58417 Belzoni25 January 1996list
(58495) 1996 US119 October 1996list
58498 Octaviopaz2 November 1996list
65785 Carlafracci26 October 1995list
65821 De Curtis30 October 1996list
69460 Christibarnard17 October 1996list
69500 Ginobartali6 February 1997list
73872 Stefanoragazzi7 January 1997list
73891 Pietromennea10 March 1997list
75225 Corradoaugias27 November 1999list
83657 Albertosordi12 October 2001list
85267 Taj Mahal12 January 1994list
(85578) 1998 DP1326 February 1998list
90806 Rudaki4 January 1995list
100292 Harmandir28 February 1995list
(100445) 1996 RA412 September 1996list
100456 Chichn Itza2 October 1996list
100731 Ara Pacis18 February 1998list
117093 Umbria12 July 2004list
(120575) 1995 QD17 August 1995list
129555 Armazones30 October 1996list
134369 Sahara17 August 1995list
145962 Lacchini29 December 1999list
152227 Argoli24 September 2005list
160105 Gobi26 September 2000list
168261 Puglia15 August 2006list
173094 Wielicki14 October 2007list
181241 Dipasquale28 October 2005list
184620 Pippobattaglia10 September 2005list
185039 Alessiapossenti30 August 2006list
185321 Kammerlander10 November 2006list
185325 Anupabhagwat14 November 2006list
185448 Nomentum25 December 2006list
190139 Hansküng14 September 2005list
(199631) 2006 GX2 April 2006list
199677 Terzani20 April 2006list
199900 Brunoganz8 April 2007list
204816 Andreacamilleri16 July 2007list
204896 Giorgiobocca16 October 2007list
207563 Toscana1 August 2006list
210032 Enricocastellani16 July 2006list
210107 Pistoletto30 August 2006list
210182 Mazzini26 October 2006list
210290 Borsellino13 October 2007list
(210345) 2007 UQ16 October 2007list
212373 Pietrocascella22 April 2006list
212500 Robertojoppolo4 September 2006list
214772 UNICEF23 October 2006list
214819 Gianotti10 November 2006list
214820 Faustocoppi14 November 2006list
214928 Carrara5 November 2007list
216241 Renzopiano14 November 2006list
216757 Vasari13 September 2005list
218636 Calabria24 September 2005list
218866 Alexantioch15 December 2006list
224693 Morganfreeman21 January 2006list
225076 Vallemare8 May 2007list
(227152) 2005 PJ205 August 2005list
229781 Arthurmcdonald3 August 2008list
231265 Saulperlmutter5 January 2006list
233292 Brianschmidt19 January 2006list
236305 Adamriess19 January 2006list
236746 Chareslindos8 June 2007list
239105 Marcocattaneo28 April 2006list
243591 Ignacostantino15 September 1998list
246821 Satyarthi27 August 2009list
(248321) 2005 PL2014 August 2005list
248388 Namtso26 September 2005list
248908 Ginostrada15 November 2006list
248970 Giannimorandi19 January 2007list
249044 Barrymarshall15 October 2007list
254863 Robinwarren24 September 2005list
255587 Gardenia21 July 2006list
255598 Paullauterbur13 August 2006list
262972 Petermansfield9 March 2007list
265924 Franceclemente21 January 2006list
267017 Yangzhifa16 October 1995list
268686 Elenaaprile2 April 2006list
273412 Eduardomissoni18 November 2006list
(273471) 2006 YK216 December 2006list
273994 Cinqueterre11 July 2007list
274246 Reggiacaserta31 July 2008list
(274264) 2008 PZ65 August 2008list
274472 Piet28 September 2008list
278447 Saviano2 October 2007list
278735 Kamioka27 September 2008list
(279411) 2010 FM616 March 2010list
282903 Masada20 April 2007list
(284458) 2007 GB18 April 2007list
(288615) 2004 ND911 July 2004list
292872 Anoushankar12 November 2006list
(293131) 2006 XV5615 December 2006list
293477 Teotihuacan16 March 2007list
294296 Efeso3 November 2007list
295471 Herbertnitsch27 August 2008list
(299777) 2006 SN6321 September 2006list
(299785) 2006 SC7722 September 2006list
(300124) 2006 VG1414 November 2006list
(304203) 2006 QR11027 August 2006list
(304277) 2006 SL2019 September 2006list
(309762) 2008 YN522 December 2008list
(311907) 2007 AH912 January 2007list
(316098) 2009 OO119 July 2009list
(320377) 2007 UP16 October 2007list
327943 Xavierbarcons9 March 2007list
327982 Balducci10 April 2007list
(330712) 2008 PR13 August 2008list
(331316) 2011 GP3620 April 2006list
(332632) 2008 UO122 October 2008list
(345868) 2007 QE219 August 2007list
(346810) 2009 CD4013 February 2009list
(349237) 2007 TH6913 October 2007list
(349499) 2008 OX529 July 2008list
(349862) 2009 DX4321 February 2009list
(351976) 2006 UP6423 October 2006list
(352017) 2006 VR1312 November 2006list
(367392) 2008 OX931 July 2008list
(374338) 2005 UZ425 October 2005list
(375798) 2009 TA412 October 2009list
(378076) 2006 UQ6423 October 2006list
(383622) 2007 PJ911 August 2007list
(385980) 2007 AA89 January 2007list
(429136) 2009 TJ813 October 2009list
(435161) 2007 NV214 July 2007list
(440411) 2005 QS2826 August 2005list
(447682) 2007 AA2015 January 2007list
(456378) 2006 UA6218 October 2006list
(457248) 2008 QH20 August 2008list
(483951) 2006 BM14731 January 2006list
(509357) 2007 AZ1913 January 2007list

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. Lutto per la scomparsa del Dr. Silvano Casulli, era cittadino onorario di Cervara di Roma (in Italian)
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(7132) Casulli". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7132) Casulli. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 578. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6307. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  4. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  5. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9121 Stefanovalentini (1998 DJ11)" (2016-05-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. "LCDB Data for (9121) Stefanovalentini". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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