nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
3809 | Amici | Named in memory of Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863), professor of mathematics at the University o |
3951 | Zichichi | Named in honor of Antonio Zichichi, former president of the European Society of Physics and one of t |
4158 | Santini | Named in memory of Giovanni Santini (1786–1877), director of the Padua Observatory from 1817 to 1867 |
4540 | Oriani | Named in memory of Barnaba Oriani (1752–1832), famous Italian astronomer and director of the Brera O |
4542 | Mossotti | Named in memory of Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti (1791–1863), who studied at the Brera Observatory and |
4705 | Secchi | Named in memory of Angelo Secchi (1818–1878), Italian astronomer, director of the observatory of the |
4742 | Caliumi | Named in memory of Ferdinando Caliumi (1915–1993), well-known Italian amateur astronomer, generous c |
6241 | Galante | Named in honor of Maria Pia Galante (1916– ) wife of Ciro Vacchi, proprietor and director of Osserva |
6339 | Giliberti | Named in honor of Giuseppina Giliberti (1947– ), wife of the discoverer. (M 25655) |
6417 | Liberati | Named in memory of Libero Liberati (1926-1962), motorcyclist who won the Absolute Italian Championsh |
6530 | Adry | Named in honor of Adriano Casulli (b. 1974), son of the discoverer. |
6598 | Modugno | Named in memory of Domenico Modugno (1928–1994), famous Italian singer, composer and actor. Modugno |
6640 | Falorni | Named in memory of Marco Falorni (1944–1995), Italian amateur astronomer, president of Unione Astrof |
6746 | Zagar | Named in memory of Francesco Zagar (1900–1976), professor of astronomy at the University of Milan an |
6835 | Molfino | Named in memory of Alberto Molfino (1906–1977), Italian wrestler. He took part in the 1936 Berlin Ol |
6855 | Armellini | Named in memory of Giuseppe Armellini (1887–1958), professor of astronomy at the University of Rome |
6877 | Giada | Named in honor of Giada Casulli (1978– ), daughter of the discoverer. (M 29671) |
6929 | Misto | Named in memory of Angela Misto (1902-1993), mother of the discoverer. |
7030 | Colombini | Named in honor of Ermes Colombini (1956– ), since 1974 a member of the staff at the Osservatorio San |
7132 | Casulli | Named in honor of Silvano Casulli (1944– ), who was the first amateur astronomer in the world to obt |
7258 | Pettarin | Enrico Pettarin (b. 1970), Italian amateur astronomer, has been for many years the “factotum” at the |
7260 | Metelli | Named in memory of Orneore Metelli (1872-1938). He is internationally acknowledged as the founder o |
7306 | Panizon | Named in honor of Franco Panizon (b. 1925). Head of the pediatric department of the University of T |
7356 | Casagrande | Named in memory of Alessandro Casagrande (1922-1964). Composer and orchestra conductor, he skillful |
7491 | Linzerag | Named on the occasion of 50th anniversary of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft, a very active as |
7499 | L'Aquila | L´Aquila is a medieval town of about 53 000 people in central Italy, near the Gran Sasso massif |
7516 | Kranjc | Named in memory of Aldo Kranjc (1919-1994), Italian astronomer at the observatories in Naples, Milan |
7529 | Vagnozzi | Named in honor of Antonio Vagnozzi (b. 1950), who in 1993 became the first amateur astronomer in Ita |
7531 | Pecorelli | A conductor on the trams and buses in Terni for 30 years, Antonio Pecorelli (1923-1986) was a poet w |
7599 | Munari | Named in honor of Ulisse Munari (1960– ), staff astronomer at the Astronomical Observatories of Padu |
7600 | Vacchi | Named in honor of Ciro Vacchi (1916– ), amateur astronomer and co-founder of San Vittore {see planet |
7665 | Putignano | This picturesque town in the Italian region of Puglia is famous for its carnival, grottoes and typic |
7680 | Cari | Named in memory of Amleto Cari (1904-1982). A versatile athlete of rare talent, from 1919 to 1933 h |
7714 | Briccialdi | Named in memory of Giulio Briccialdi (1818-1881). Flutist and composer, he became a famous concert |
7787 | Annalaura | Named in honor of Annalaura Calvani Tesi, wife of the first discoverer. (M 30803) |
7790 | Miselli | Named in memory of Furio Miselli (1867-1949). Poet, singer, songwriter and singing master in Terni, |
7801 | Goretti | Named in honor of Vittorio Goretti (1939– ), a high-school teacher of physics and mathematics in Bol |
7848 | Bernasconi | Named in memory of the brothers Giovanni (1901–1965) and Angelo (1911–1990) Bernasconi, renowned Ita |
7961 | Ercolepoli | Ercole Poli (1961-2000), fond of astronomy, was always committed to the discovery of new techniques |
7963 | Falcinelli | Named in memory of Amleto Falcinelli (1921-1996), Italian bantam-weight boxing champion, who fought |
8006 | Tacchini | Named in memory of Pietro Tacchini (1838-1905), Italian astronomer. He was a pioneer, with Secchi, o |
8051 | Pistoria | Named for the Italian city of Pistoria, situated about 30 km from Florence at the foot of the wester |
8081 | Leopardi | Named in memory of Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Italian poet and prose writer famous for his collec |
8106 | Carpino | Named in honor of Mario Carpino (b. 1957), Italian astronomer at Brera Astronomical Observatory in M |
8111 | Hoepli | Named in memory of Ulrico Hoepli (1847-1935), the founder of Hoepli Publishing Company and Hoepli In |
8112 | Cesi | Named in memory of Federico Cesi (1585-1630), a scientist and humanist of the Italian Renaissance wh |
8155 | Battaglini | Named in memory of Giuseppe Battaglini (1826-1894), Italian mathematician. University professor of s |
8192 | Tonucci | Named in memory of Giuseppe Tonucci (1938-1988), Italian road and track cycling champion. During hi |
8193 | Ciaurro | Named in memory of Ilario Ciaurro (1889-1992), an art teacher and ceramist, but most famous as a pai |
8208 | Volta | Named in memory of Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), physicist at the University of Pavia. His discovery |
8209 | Toscanelli | Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397-1482) was an Italian physician, astronomer, cosmographer and mathem |
8230 | Perona | Named in memory of Renato Perona (1927-1984), a track cycling champion who for more than a decade wa |
8266 | Bertelli | Named in memory of Francesco Bertelli (1794-1844), Italian astronomer at the observatory of Bologna |
8421 | Montanari | Named in memory of Geminiano Montanari (1633–1687), professor of mathematics at university of Bologn |
8472 | Tarroni | Named in memory of the Italian amateur astronomer Gino Tarroni (1958–1986), a member of the Sezione |
8555 | Mirimao | Named in memory of Guido Mirimao (1909-1990), internationally known painter and draftsman. A graphi |
8569 | Mameli | The poet Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849) was the patriotic Italian author of the national anthem Frat |
8716 | Ginestra | Named for a poem by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), the great poet and philosopher from the Italian Ro |
8742 | Bonazzoli | Roberto Bonazzoli (1940-1996) was a friend of the discoverer. Fond of astronomy, he offered technic |
8897 | Defelice | Named in memory of Aurelio De Felice (1915–1996), Italian sculptor known for going “against the flow |
8935 | Beccaria | Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) was an Italian Enlightenment thinker. In his most important work, De |
9111 | Matarazzo | The Sicilian amateur astronomer Giuseppe “Corrado” Matarazzo (b. 1946) is an experienced mathematici |
9115 | Battisti | Named in memory of Lucio Battisti (1943-1998), innovative Italian composer and singer. He wrote man |
9232 | Miretti | Named in memory of Manlio Miretti (1928-1996), who, blessed with a powerful and warm baritone voice, |
9397 | Lombardi | Giuseppe Lombardi (b. 1939) is an Italian amateur astronomer at the CCAF observatory in Farra d'Ison |
9670 | Magni | Named in honor of Gianfranco Magni (b. 1943), who joined the Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale in Rom |
9796 | Robotti | Aurelio Robotti (1913-1994) was a lieutenant in the Italian Air Engineers and later professor in aer |
10149 | Cavagna | Named in honor of Marco Cavagna (b. 1958), Italian amateur astronomer. He began observing comets, va |
10200 | Quadri | Named in honor of Ulisse Quadri (b. 1953) Italian teacher and amateur astronomer, author of articles |
10219 | Penco | Named in honor of Italian physicist Umberto Penco. After teaching high school for several years, he |
10371 | Gigli | Named in honor of Paolo Gigli, who, with the first discoverer, founded the Pain dei Termini Observat |
10376 | Chiarini | Francesca (b. 1981) and Gabriele (b. 1986) Chiarini are grandchildren of Giorgio Sassi, co-founder o |
10386 | Romulus | Romulus, first king of Rome, reigned from 753 to 716 B.C. Legend has it that the twins Romulus and |
10413 | Pansecchi | Luigi Pansecchi (b. 1940) has made fine studies of cometary tails. As a member of the Gruppo Astrofi |
10573 | Piani | Franco Piani (b. 1955), Italian amateur astronomer, is the most experienced and agreeable proponent |
10579 | Diluca | Roberto Di Luca (b. 1959), amateur observer of lunar and asteroidal occultations, is network manager |
10584 | Ferrini | Named in honor of the Italian physicist Federico Ferrini, professor of astronomical techniques at th |
10591 | Caverni | Raffaello Caverni (1837-1900), a priest born in Montelupo, was also an amateur scientist. He wrote |
10605 | Guidoni | The astrophysicist and astronaut Umberto Guidoni (b. 1954) made the first flight onboard of the Spac |
10606 | Crocco | Gaetano Arturo Crocco (1877-1968), Italian pioneer in aeronautics and space science, designed revolu |
10642 | Charmaine | Named in honor of Charmaine Wilkerson (b. 1962), wife of the first discoverer. An American-born wri |
10722 | Monari | Elementary-school teacher Luisa Monari (b. 1961) is the wife of Ermes Colombini, one of the codiscov |
11100 | Lai | Luciano Lai (b. 1948) has been an active observer and discoverer of minor planets at Madonna di Doss |
11120 | Pancaldi | Italian amateur astronomer Enelio Pancaldi (b. 1947) was an observer of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars at |
11121 | Malpighi | Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) holds a prominent position in the history of medicine and biology, wo |
11142 | Facchini | Renato Facchini (b. 1917) is a well-known Italian amateur astronomer who also builds and repairs tel |
11145 | Emanuelli | Pio Emanuelli (1888-1946) begun his astronomical career by working for many years at the Vatican Obs |
11328 | Mariotozzi | Geologist Mario Tozzi (b. 1959), of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, collaborates at the univ |
11337 | Sandro | Sandro Bartolini (b. 1974) is the elder son of the first discoverer. |
11359 | Piteglio | The northern Tuscany village of Piteglio was founded in medieval times. Piteglio's government has co |
11360 | Formigine | Formigine is a small Italian town located 10 km south of Modena. Interesting sights there include a |
11578 | Cimabue | Cimabue (1240-1302) was a great Italian painter whose works were the basis of Italian and Western pa |
11595 | Monsummano | Monsummano Terme is a town in northern Tuscany, about 40 km from Florence. The town is known for it |
11600 | Cipolla | Carlo Cipolla (b. 1925) is a skillful chemist and amateur astronomer fond of popularizing astronomy |
11605 | Ranfagni | Piero Ranfagni (b. 1949) worked for many years as a technician at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory. |
11621 | Duccio | Duccio Bartolini (b. 1976) is the younger son of the first discoverer. |
11622 | Samuele | Samuele Marconi (b. 1975) is a very active amateur astronomer at the San Marcello Observatory who sp |
11667 | Testa | Augusto Testa (b. 1950), Italian amateur astronomer, observes minor planets at the Sormano Astronomi |
11970 | Palitzsch | Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723-1788) was a farmer by profession and an astronomer by vocation. He rec |
12035 | Ruggieri | Guido Ruggieri (1913-1976), talented Italian amateur astronomer, was well known for his work on visu |
12044 | Fabbri | Luciano Fabbri (b. 1945) is an amateur astronomer in the Montelupo Group. |
12222 | Perotto | Pier Giorgio Perotto (1930-2002) was an Italian electronics engineer. An employee at Olivetti, in 19 |
12399 | Bartolini | Corrado Bartolini (b. 1941), professor at the University of Bologna since 1970, has focused his int |
12405 | Nespoli | Paolo Angelo Nespoli (b. 1957) joined the European Space Agency's European Astronaut Center in 1991 |
12407 | Riccardi | The historian of mathematics Pietro Riccardi (1828-1898) wrote the monumental work Biblioteca Mat |
12579 | Ceva | The brothers Giovanni (1647-1734) and Tommaso (1648-1737) Ceva were Italian mathematicians intereste |
12848 | Agostino | Agostino Boattini (b. 1932) is the father of the discoverer. |
13150 | Paolotesi | Paolo Tesi (b. 1959) is the elder son of the first discoverer. |
13197 | Pontecorvo | Bruno Pontecorvo (1913-1993) was a student of Enrico Fermi and the first to theorize the neutrino os |
13200 | Romagnani | Sauro Romagnani (b. 1942), a teacher at the San Marcello junior high school, was selected to partici |
13223 | Cenaceneri | La Cena delle Ceneri (“The Dinner of the Ashes”) is a work by the Italian philosopher Giordan |
13225 | Manfredi | The brothers Eustachio (1674-1739), Gabriele (1681-1761) and Eraclito (1682-1759) Manfredi were prof |
13653 | Priscus | Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome, reigned from 616 to 579 B.C. He constructed the Circus Maxim |
13684 | Borbona | Borbona is a picturesque town in the Italian region Lazio, famous for works of art that include a tw |
13689 | Succi | Carlo Succi (1919-2000), a professor of physics at the University of Milan, was also director of the |
13704 | Aletesi | Alessandro Tesi (b. 1964) is the younger son of the discoverer. |
13740 | Lastrucci | Liliana Lastrucci (b. 1948) is wife of the second discoverer. |
13777 | Cielobuio | Cielobuio is the Italian association against light pollution. Cielobuio played a fundamental role in |
13798 | Cecchini | Vasco Cecchini (b. 1932) is a very active amateur astronomer, and in the last few years he has colla |
14074 | Riccati | The family of Italian mathematicians of Jacopo Francesco Riccati (1676-1754) and his sons Vincenzo ( |
14077 | Volfango | Volfango Montanari (b. 1931) was a competitor during the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952. A teach |
14088 | Ancus | Ancus Marcius, fourth king of Rome, reigned from 640 to 616 B.C. He transferred to Rome the neighbo |
14103 | Manzoni | Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. He is mainly remembered as the auth |
14104 | Delpino | Federico Ernesto Delpino (1946-2007), an astronomer at the Bologna Observatory, began his scientific |
14486 | Tuscia | Tuscia is the ancient name given to Tuscany, the central Italian region once inhabited by the Etrusc |
14498 | Bernini | Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was an Italian architect and sculptor who designed the colonnade of |
14568 | Zanotta | After early activity on variable stars, Milanese amateur astronomer Mauro Vittorio Zanotta (b. 1963) |
14659 | Gregoriana | The Pontifical Gregorian University dates its origin to the founding of the Roman College in 1551. |
14846 | Lampedusa | Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) is famous for Il Gattopardo, whose fi |
15034 | Décines | Décines is a French town to the west of Lione and twinned with the municipality of Monsummano Terme, |
15041 | Paperetti | Emiliano Paperetti (b. 1951) is an amateur astronomer who lives in the Tuscan city of Pistoia. Amon |
15353 | Meucci | Antonio Meucci (1808-1889) was an inventor of the telephone. |
15381 | Spadolini | Mauro (b. 1941) and Barbara (b. 1944) Spadolini, long-standing friends of the discoverer, are dedica |
15385 | Dallolmo | With degrees in both law and physics, Umberto Dall'Olmo (1925-1980) was an amateur astronomer who pr |
15388 | Coelum | Coelum was one of the most renowned Italian astronomical magazines. Established in 1931 by G |
15460 | Manca | Francesco Manca (b. 1966), an amateur astronomer at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory, has made s |
15854 | Numa | Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, reigned from 715 to 672 B.C. He founded the sacred law and ref |
15869 | Tullius | Tullius Hostilius, third king of Rome, reigned from 672 to 640 B.C. He was a warrior king, and durin |
16154 | Dabramo | At the University of Pisa, Germano D'Abramo (b. 1973) studied the statistics of mutual collisions. |
16682 | Donati | The Tuscan astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) made important contributions to the early |
16683 | Alepieri | Alessandro Pieri (1969-2000) was an amateur astronomer from childhood and was for many years a membe |
16715 | Trettenero | Italian astronomer Virgilio Trettenero (1822-1868) succeeded Santini as professor of astronomy at Pa |
16745 | Zappa | Italian astronomer Giovanni Zappa (1884-1923) was an assistant at the observatory of the Collegio Ro |
16749 | Vospini | Giancarlo Vospini (1935-2017) was an electronic engineer by profession and amateur astronomer by voc |
16761 | Hertz | German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894) substantially advanced knowledge of electricity. |
16766 | Righi | Italian experimental physicist Augusto Righi (1850-1921) continued Heinrich Hertz's research on elec |
16879 | Campai | Paolo Campai (b. 1957) is an amateur astronomer in Florence principally involved in astronomical pho |
16930 | Respighi | Italian astronomer Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889) was professor of optics and astronomy and director s |
17019 | Aldo | Amateur astronomer Aldo Tombelli (1921-2001) was the father of the first discoverer. |
17056 | Boschetti | Carla Stefania Boschetti (b. 1969), of the University of Padua, is involved in a study of Seyfert ga |
17077 | Pampaloni | Carlo Pampaloni (b. 1958) is an amateur astronomer who has specialized in visual observations of var |
17652 | Nepoti | Giuliano Nepoti (b. 1949), an enthusiastic amateur astronomer, is a dear friend of the discoverer. |
18169 | Amaldi | The nuclear physicist Edoardo Amaldi (1908-1989) was part of the team of Enrico Fermi and contribute |
18426 | Maffei | The career of Paolo Maffei (b. 1926), former director of the Catania Observatory and an astronomer a |
18462 | Riccò | Italian astronomer Annibale Riccò (1844-1919) was an assistant at the observatory of Modena and late |
18505 | Caravelli | Vito Caravelli (1724-1800) was professor of mathematics at the Naval Institute of Naples. He wrote |
18509 | Bellini | Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was an Italian composer best known for his “Norma” and “I puritani”. |
18542 | Broglio | Luigi Broglio (1911-2001), aereonautical engineer and dean of the aerospace engineering school of th |
18556 | Battiato | Franco Battiato (b. 1945), Sicilian polyhedric artist, is an honorary member of the Associazione Ast |
19287 | Paronelli | Fede Paronelli (1893-1944) held a degree in philosophy and studied astronomy with Camille Flammarion |
19306 | Voves | Voves is a French town, located in the Beauce natural region, Eure-et-Loire department. There are e |
19318 | Somanah | Radhakhrishna Dinesh Somanah (b. 1960) has been a professor of physics and astrophysics at the Unive |
19398 | Creedence | With its original sound, Creedence Clearwater Revival, frequently referred to as CCR or simply “Cree |
19528 | Delloro | Aldo Dell'Oro (b. 1971), recently awarded his doctorate by the University of Florence, works on the |
21219 | Mascagni | Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) was an Italian conductor and composer. His first opera, “Cavalleria rust |
21269 | Bechini | Roberto Bechini (b. 1939) is an amateur astronomer who belongs to the San Marcello amateur astronomy |
21289 | Giacomel | Luigino Giacomel (b. 1960) is an engineer for the Italian company European Industrial Engineering. |
21306 | Marani | Giorgio “Doddo” Marani (1925-2000), was a longstanding friend of the discoverer. He was an accompli |
21311 | Servius | Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome, reigned from 578 to 535 B.C. He constructed the first wall aro |
21662 | Benigni | Born in Tuscany, Roberto Benigni (b. 1952) is an actor and film director with an enthralling and pro |
21687 | Filopanti | Quirico Filopanti was the pseudonym of Italian patriot Giuseppe Barilli (1812-1894), professor of ma |
22263 | Pignedoli | Antonio Pignedoli (1918-1989) was professor of mathematics at the military academy of Modena. A mem |
23547 | Tognelli | Emanuele Tognelli (b. 1981) is an enthusiastic young amateur astronomer who belongs to the local gro |
23564 | Ungaretti | Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) was a poet of Hermeticism, best known for the short poem “M'illumino |
23571 | Zuaboni | Patrizia Zuaboni (b. 1958), an affectionate friend of both discoverers, contributed to the idea that |
23685 | Toaldo | Giuseppe Toaldo (1719-1797), Italian astronomer and scientist, was professor of astronomy at Padua U |
24818 | Menichelli | Marco Menichelli (b. 1942) lives in Fiesole, an old Etruscan town near Florence. An amateur astronom |
24826 | Pascoli | Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912) was an Italian poet and classical scholar. |
24939 | Chiminello | Vincenzo Chiminello (1741-1815), nephew of Giuseppe Toaldo (1719-1797), translated into Italian de L |
24946 | Foscolo | Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) was a leading exponent of Neoclassic and Pre-Romanticism Italian literature. |
24969 | Lucafini | Luca Fini (b. 1952) is an astronomer at the Arcetri Observatory in Florence whose principal interest |
25276 | Dimai | Alessandro Dimai (b. 1962) is an amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverer. For over twenty y |
25602 | Ucaronia | Umberto Caronia (1908-1993) was the father of the second discoverer. |
26197 | Bormio | Bormio is a very ancient and pleasant village in the Rhaetian Alps, 200 km from Milan. It hosts a b |
26356 | Aventini | Andrea Aventini (b. 1952) is a amateur astronomer very active in the popularization of astronomy at |
26498 | Dinotina | Dino and Tina Grifoni, who have been living in Sydney, Australia, for many years, are uncle and aunt |
26917 | Pianoro | Pianoro, site of the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered, is a modern and pleasant |
26954 | Skadiang | Karen Skadiang (b. 1962) is an amateur astronomer in Sydney, Australia, and a special friend of the |
27130 | Dipaola | Andrea Di Paola (b. 1970), a staff member at the Rome Astronomical Observatory, has the scientific a |
27270 | Guidotti | Guido Guidotti (b. 1946) is the founder of Valdinievole Association of Astronomy “A. Pieri”. His ma |
27855 | Giorgilli | Antonio Giorgilli (b. 1949), professor of mathematical physics at the University of Milan, distingui |
27900 | Cecconi | Massimo Cecconi (b. 1965) has worked on the GAIA mission and for the International Space Station. |
27917 | Edoardo | Edoardo Tesi (b. 2002) is the grandson of the first discoverer. |
27958 | Giussano | Giussano, a town in the heart of Brianza, is famous for its furniture design companies. Among the t |
27959 | Fagioli | Giancarlo Fagioli (b. 1940) is a cartographer and amateur astronomer interested in minor planets. H |
27977 | Distratis | Since 1987, Cosimo Distratis (b. 1927) has devoted his life to building and managing Montefusco Uggi |
29347 | Natta | Giulio Natta (1903-1979) was an Italian academic chemist and winner of the Nobel prize for chemistry |
29361 | Botticelli | Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Italian painter, painted some walls of the Sistine Chapel of the Basi |
29443 | Remocorti | Remo Corti (b. 1936), an Italian amateur astronomer who lives in Empoli, has for many years devoted |
29470 | Higgs | Peter Higgs (b. 1929), Scottish physicist, predicted the existence of a new particle called the Higg |
29561 | Iatteri | Italian amateur astronomer Giampiero Iatteri (b. 1941) made his dream come true with the design and |
29705 | Cialucy | Lucia “Cia” Boattini (b. 1958) is the elder sister of the first discoverer. |
29706 | Simonetta | Simonetta Boattini (b. 1972) is the younger sister of the first discoverer. |
31015 | Boccardi | Giovanni Boccardi (1859-1936) worked at the observatories of Collegio Romano (Rome) and Collurania ( |
31028 | Cerulli | Italian astronomer Vincenzo Cerulli (1859-1927) founded the private Collurania Observatory near Tera |
31134 | Zurria | Giuseppe Zurria (1810-1896), professor of mathematics at the University of Catania, where he was als |
31271 | Nallino | Italian orientalist Carlo Alfonso Nallino (1872-1938) was professor of Arabian studies at Naples and |
31319 | Vespucci | Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer. In 1507 the geogr |
31414 | Rotarysusa | Rotary Susa Club-Val Susa (Italy) is known for its humanitarian work and its devotion to scientific |
31431 | Cabibbo | Nicola Cabibbo (1935-2010) was an Italian physicist known for his work on the weak interaction and t |
31458 | Delrosso | Renzo Del Rosso (b. 1957) has been an amateur astronomer since his childhood. He is an astrophotogr |
31605 | Braschi | After finishing her classic school studies, Nicoletta Braschi (b. 1960 ) decided to attend a theatri |
32891 | Amatrice | Amatrice is an Italian mountain village located in the region of Latium. The village, world famous f |
32911 | Cervara | Cervara di Roma is an Italian mountain village located in the Simbruini Regional Park in the region |
32931 | Ferioli | Luigi Ferioli (b. 1938), amateur astronomer, enthusiastic popularizer of astronomy, skilful telescop |
32944 | Gussalli | Luigi Gussalli (1855-1950) was a mechanical engineer and designer of an experimental “double reactio |
32945 | Lecce | Lecce, in southern Italy, is the capital of the province of Lecce. Because of the rich Baroque archi |
32987 | Uyuni | Salar de Uyuni is by far the largest salty expanse on the planet, located high in the southern Andes |
33002 | Everest | Mount Everest (also known as Sagarmātā in Nepal and Chomolungma in China) is the world's highest mou |
33035 | Pareschi | The main research activity of Italian astronomer Giovanni Pareschi (b. 1966) concerns the developmen |
33376 | Medi | Enrico Medi (1911-1974), a distinguished Italian physicist who studied under Fermi and held universi |
34004 | Gregorini | Most of the research activity of Loretta Gregorini (b. 1948) is in the field of radioastronomy and o |
34696 | Risoldi | Vairo Risoldi (b. 1951) is an amateur astronomer at the S. Lucia Stroncone Observatory. Thanks to hi |
34716 | Guzzo | Massimiliano Guzzo (b. 1970) is a researcher at the University of Padua, where he teaches the theory |
34717 | Mirkovilli | Mirko Villi (b. 1961), an amateur astronomer in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, started a supernova search |
34718 | Cantagalli | Michela Cantagalli (b. 1965) is the daughter-in-law of the first discoverer. |
35270 | Molinari | Emilio Molinari (b. 1963), developed his astronomical career in Brera Observatory, Milan, beginning |
35295 | Omo | On the banks of the Omo River in Ethiopia, archaeologists have found fossil fragments of early Olduw |
35316 | Monella | Rinaldo Monella (b. 1948) is a well-known Italian amateur astronomer who has specialized in photoele |
35324 | Orlandi | Stefano Orlandi (b. 1944), has been a lover of stars since childhood. In 1990 he founded the T.L.C. |
35358 | Lorifini | Lorella Fini (b. 1966) is the daughter-in-law of the first discoverer. |
35461 | Mazzucato | Michele T. Mazzucato (b. 1962) is an amateur astronomer whose main fields of interest are the histor |
35703 | Lafiascaia | A fiascaia is a woman who makes the straw coverings often present on Italian wine bottles, such as f |
37840 | Gramegna | Maria Gramegna (1887-1915) was an Italian mathematician who studied linear differential equations. |
38020 | Hannadam | Hanna Smigiel (b. 1971) is a Polish friend of the first discoverer, and Adam (b. 1992) is her son. |
39335 | Caccin | Bruno Caccin (b. 1944) worked at Capodimonte Observatory in Naples for 15 years. In 1986 he became |
39653 | Carnera | Luigi Carnera (1875-1962) began his career as Max Wolf's assistant at the Heidelberg Observatory, Ge |
39678 | Ammannito | Eleonora Ammannito (b. 1979) recently joined a doctoral program at the University of Padua, working |
39734 | Marchiori | Gianpietro Marchiori (b. 1953) is the founder of EIE Group, an Italian company that has been involve |
39748 | Guccini | Francesco Guccini (b. 1940) is an Italian folk composer and singer, very famous for his popular song |
39849 | Giampieri | Giuliano Giampieri (b. 1932) is a friend of the first discoverer. |
40134 | Marsili | The Marsili submarine volcano located in the Mediterranean Sea is the highest and largest in Europe. |
40447 | Lorenzoni | Giuseppe Lorenzoni (1843-1914) was an Italian astronomer and scientist, and an assistant to Giovanni |
42593 | Antoniazzi | Antonio Maria Antoniazzi (1872-1925) was an Italian astronomer, who graduated in mathematics from th |
42614 | Ubaldina | Ubaldina Caronia (1913-2002) was the mother of the second discoverer. |
42747 | Fuser | Ireneo Fuser (b. 1902), professor of organ, piano and composition, holds the chair of organ at the B |
42748 | Andrisani | Donato Andrisani (b. 1956), a renowned dental surgeon, is a close, very dear friend of the discovere |
42929 | Francini | Claudio Francini (b. 1926) is an amateur astronomer passionately fond of imaging the sky and a colla |
43193 | Secinaro | Secinaro, in the province of L'Aquila, is the location of what is probably the first meteoric impact |
43924 | Martoni | Aurora Martoni (b. 2012) is the grandchild of the discoverer. Her name means hope for a radiant futu |
43956 | Elidoro | Claudio Elidoro (b. 1956), a graduate in astronomy from Bologna University, is active in the popular |
43957 | Invernizzi | Italian amateur astronomer Luca Invernizzi (b. 1966) is founder of the Associazione Astrofili Valtel |
43993 | Mariola | Mariola Magnoni Tieghi (b. 1934), former president of Como Inner Wheel Club, promoted with strength |
43999 | Gramigna | Paolo Gramigna (b. 1946) is an amateur astronomer at Livergnano Observatory, which he often makes av |
44005 | Migliardi | Marco Migliardi (b. 1957) is a friend of the discoverer. A teacher of Italian language and literatu |
44033 | Michez | Giacomo Michez (1839-1873) was an Italian astronomer. He was director of the Astronomical Observato |
46644 | Lagia | Livia “Lagia” Giacomini (b. 1972) is an Italian scientific journalist and astrophysicist working in |
46702 | Linapucci | Lina Pucci (b. 1924) is the mother of the first discoverer. |
47038 | Majoni | Vittore Majoni (1936-2002), was an electrical engineer and a secondary education teacher. He was one |
48640 | Eziobosso | Ezio Bosso (b. 1971) is an Italian pianist, director and composer of classical music, who is one of |
48715 | Balbinot | Roberto Balbinot (b. 1956) is an Italian theoretical physicist who teaches General Relativity at the |
48737 | Cusinato | Piergiorgio Cusinato is an antique dealer who lives at Cortina d´Ampezzo. A keen amateur astronomer |
49187 | Zucchini | Roberto Zucchini (b. 1958) is an Italian theoretical physicist who teaches theoretical physics and m |
49443 | Marcobondi | Marco Bondi (b. 1963) works at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Bologna, where his research |
49987 | Bonata | Italian aerospace engineer Diego Bonata (b. 1968) has promoted laws for the control of light polluti |
51915 | Andry | Andry is the nickname of Andrea Casulli (b. 2013), grandson of the discoverer. |
52030 | Maxvasile | Massimiliano Vasile (b. 1970) is a professor of Space Systems Engineering at the University of Strat |
52480 | Enzomora | Gian Vincenzo Mora (1870-1953) studied design and architecture at the Istituto di Belle Arti in Veni |
52558 | Pigafetta | Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1492--c. 1531) was an Italian navigator and geographer. He participated in t |
53843 | Antjiekrog | Antjie Krog (b. 1952) is a South African writer. She has received many awards, including the South |
54852 | Mercatali | Antonio Mercatali (b. 1962) is an amateur astronomer who lives in the city of Livorno and is very ac |
54967 | Millucci | Since 1980 Vincenzo Millucci (b. 1947) has been professor of mathematical Physics in the physics dep |
55418 | Bianciardi | Giorgio Bianciardi (b. 1954) is a researcher at the University of Siena. His research areas are biom |
55810 | Fabiofazio | Fabio Fazio (b. 1964) debuted in October 1983 at RAI, the Italian public service broadcaster. Begin |
55854 | Stoppani | In 1905 Eugenio Stoppani (1850-1917) erected a mountain refuge, now the site of the Sormano Observat |
57140 | Gaddi | Riccardo Gaddi (b. 1966) is a very active amateur astronomer and popular expositor. Since 1995 he h |
58417 | Belzoni | Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) was an explorer of Egyptian antiquities. He is most noted for |
58498 | Octaviopaz | Octavio Paz Lozano (1914-1998) was a Mexican poet and essayist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literatu |
58572 | Romanella | Russell Romanella (b. 1958) is an experienced space engineer involved in human space exploration act |
58573 | Serpieri | Arrigo Serpieri (1877-1960) was a famous Italian agricultural economist. He lectured at the Universi |
58709 | Zenocolò | Italian skier Zeno Colò (1920-1993) was a gold medalist at the Oslo Olympic Winter Games in 1952, an |
59087 | Maccacaro | Tommaso Maccacaro (b. 1951) has worked in high-energy astrophysics and x-ray astronomy since 1976. |
59417 | Giocasilli | Giovanni Casilli (b. 1949) joined the staff of the Rome Astronomical Observatory in 1989. Since then |
64975 | Gianrix | Gianrico (“Gianrix”) Filacchione (b. 1972) worked on the in-flight calibration of the imaging spectr |
65001 | Teodorescu | Ana Maria Teodorescu is the wife of Bernardi, one of the discoverers. She is also a young astronomer |
65357 | Antoniucci | Simone Antoniucci (b. 1977) obtained his degree in physics at “La Sapienza” University of Rome in 20 |
67070 | Rinaldi | Alvaro Rinaldi (b. 1926) has been a topographer at the Military Geographic Institute of Florence for |
69971 | Tanzi | Pepe Tanzi (b. 1945) studied at the Politecnico of Milano, where he graduated in architecture in 196 |
70444 | Genovali | Katia Genovali (b. 1978) is a young astrophysicist who works on cataclysmic and symbiotic variables |
70744 | Maffucci | Paolo Maffucci (b. 1936) is an amateur astronomer at San Marcello Pistoiese who is particularly inte |
73442 | Feruglio | Chiara Feruglio (b. 1978) obtained her degree in astronomy at the University of Padua in 2003, with |
73465 | Buonanno | Roberto Buonanno (b. 1947) is an expert in stellar evolution and director of the Osservatorio Astron |
78123 | Dimare | Linda Dimare (b. 1981) is a researcher in celestial mechanics, mainly involved in the development of |
78124 | Cicalò | Stefano Cicalò (b. 1982) is a researcher in celestial mechanics, mainly involved in the development |
78125 | Salimbeni | Sara Salimbeni (b. 1977) obtained her degree in physics at “La Sapienza” University of Rome in 2003, |
78249 | Capaccioni | Fabrizio Capaccioni (b. 1957) has studied the electromagnetic effects associated with impact crateri |
78252 | Priscio | Priscilla (“Priscio”) Cerroni (b. 1955) works on experiments involving hypervelocity impacts and imp |
78310 | Spoto | Federica Spoto (b. 1985) has worked in the field of Solar System dynamics. In particular, she is inv |
78453 | Bullock | Sandra Annette Bullock (b. 1964) is an American actress and producer. She starred in many well-known |
78534 | Renmir | Renato Bernardi (b. 1946) and Mirella Ceccato (b. 1946) are parents of Fabrizio Bernardi, one of the |
78652 | Quero | Quero is a small town in the valley of the Piave river in the province of Belluno (Veneto). From it |
79271 | Bellagio | Bellagio is a world-famous tourist destination situated on the Lake Como a few kilometers north of t |
79375 | Valetti | Alvero Valetti (1923-2005), an Italian mathematician and physicist, was a teacher at the Calini Seni |
79472 | Chiorny | Vasilij G. Chiorny (b. 1953) is a prolific asteroid photometrist at the Kharkiv Observatory. He is |
79826 | Finardi | Eugenio Finardi (b. 1952), is a famous Italian blues and pop rock singer. He is a great lover of as |
82927 | Ferrucci | Francesco Ferruccio (d. 1530) was the hero who, at the head of the Florentine army, fought and died |
84012 | Deluise | Fiore De Luise (b. 1977) collaborates with the CINEOS program and since 2004 has been at the Univers |
84100 | Farnocchia | Davide Farnocchia (b. 1984) is a mathematician who earned a PhD in Celestial Mechanics at the Univer |
89735 | Tommei | Giacomo Tommei (b. 1978) carried out research at the University of Pisa on the impact monitoring of |
90806 | Rudaki | Rudaki (858-941) was a Persian poet, considered the founder of classical Persian literature. |
91214 | Diclemente | Aldo Di Clemente (b. 1948), an amateur astronomer, has worked as a technician at the Campo Imperator |
92279 | Bindiluca | Luca Bindi (b. 1971) holds the Chair of Mineralogy and Crystallography at the University of Florence |
93061 | Barbagallo | Mariano Barbagallo (1933-2005) was an exemplary Italian father, patient and generous with his four s |
95020 | Nencini | Erica Nencini (b. 1974) earned her economics degree at the University of Pisa and is presently the C |
100292 | Harmandir | Harmandir Sahib (commonly known as the Golden Temple), located in the Indian state of Punjab, is the |
100553 | Dariofo | Dario Fo (b. 1926) is an Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer and recipie |
100731 | Ara Pacis | Ara Pacis Augustae, located in Rome, is an altar dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace. The m |
103421 | Laurmatt | Laurenne Greco (b. 1991) and Mattia Vivarelli (b. 1986) are amateur astronomers engaged in meteor re |
108205 | Baccipaolo | Paolo Bacci (b. 1968) is a member of the Gruppo Astrofili Montagna Pistoiese. He works on astrometr |
113659 | Faltona | Faltona is a rural Tuscan village located in the Pratomagno mountain range. In the past, this area |
114828 | Ricoromita | The research of Enrico Romita (b. 1963) has focused on structural automatic computation with finite |
114829 | Chierchia | Luigi Chierchia (b. 1957), a professor of mathematical analysis at Rome 3 University, has directed t |
115051 | Safaeinili | Ali Safaeinili (1964-2009) studied electrical engineering and computer science at Iowa State Univers |
117093 | Umbria | The Italian region of Umbria is characterized by rolling green hills and medieval cities rich in his |
129555 | Armazones | Cerro Armazones is a mountain located in Chile. The European Southern Observatory council selected |
134369 | Sahara | The Sahara desert is the world's largest hot desert. Located in north Africa, it stretches from the |
145962 | Lacchini | Giovanni Battista Lacchini (1884-1967) was an Italian astronomer, noted for his work on variable sta |
152227 | Argoli | Andrea Argoli (1570-1657) was an astronomer, mathematician and physician who held the chair of mathe |
160105 | Gobi | The Gobi desert is a large desert region in Asia, covering parts of southern Mongolia and northern/n |
168261 | Puglia | Puglia, a region situated at the south-eastern tip of the Italian peninsula, is famous for the medie |
172734 | Giansimon | Gianluca (b. 1969) and Simona (b. 1971) Fagioli are the sons of the second discoverer. |
173094 | Wielicki | Krzysztof Wielicki (b. 1950) is a Polish mountaineer. He was fifth man in the world to climb all |
181241 | Dipasquale | Pietro Di Pasquale(b. 1947) is a cardiologist at the hospital in Palermo city. He has written numero |
185448 | Nomentum | Mentana is an Italian town, near Rome, founded as Nomentum in the 1st millennium BC. In 800 CE it w |
190139 | Hansküng | Hans Küng (b. 1928) is a Swiss theologian and essayist, and professor emeritus of theology at the Ec |
190310 | De Martin | Davide De Martin (b. 1971) is an Italian amateur astronomer, author and popularizer of astronomy. H |
191582 | Kikadolfi | Federica Dolfi (b. 1971) is an amateur astronomer and collaborator of the astronomical observatory i |
199677 | Terzani | Tiziano Terzani (1938-2004) was an Italian writer and journalist. |
207563 | Toscana | The Italian region of Toscana (Tuscany) is well known for its landscapes, traditions, history and he |
210107 | Pistoletto | Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) is an Italian painter and sculptor, and a significant representati |
210182 | Mazzini | Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), nicknamed “Soul of Italy”, was an Italian activist for the unification |
210290 | Borsellino | Paolo Borsellino (1940-1992) was an Italian magistrate who played a very active role against organiz |
214772 | UNICEF | The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations' program headquartered in New York City that |
214819 | Gianotti | Fabiola Gianotti (b. 1960) is the coordinator of the ATLAS experiment at the CERN's Large Hadron Col |
214928 | Carrara | Carrara is a town and municipality in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany. It is the world's mos |
214953 | Giugavazzi | Giuseppe Gavazzi (b. 1936) is a painter and sculptor, known for the originality of his large wood an |
216241 | Renzopiano | Renzo Piano (b. 1937) is an Italian architect and engineer, who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize |
216345 | Savigliano | Savigliano is an important agricultural and industrial center in Piedmont. Located in a plain at the |
216757 | Vasari | Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was an Italian architect and art historian. He realized the palace of the |
218636 | Calabria | Calabria is a southern Italian region. The region is at the tip of the Italian peninsula and is pred |
225076 | Vallemare | Vallemare is a picturesque village near the discoverer's observatory in the Italian region of Lazio. |
236784 | Livorno | Livorno is an important port city of Italy. Famous for its pentagonal town walls and a system of na |
246821 | Satyarthi | Kailash Satyarthi (b. 1954) is an Indian electrical engineer who received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize |
248262 | Liuxiaobo | Liu Xiaobo (b. 1955) received the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for |
248388 | Namtso | Namtso Lake is a mountain lake in Tibet. |
248908 | Ginostrada | Gino Strada (b. 1948) is a surgeon and founder of Emergency, an Italian non-governmental humanitaria |
255587 | Gardenia | Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae. The genus was named |
267017 | Yangzhifa | Yang Zhifa (b. 1933) was a Chinese farmer and one of the discoverers of the first terracotta statues |
278447 | Saviano | Roberto Saviano (b. 1979) is a writer and journalist who exposed the Camorra's organized-crime activ |
278735 | Kamioka | The Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research is a neutrino physics laboratory located |
280641 | Edosara | Edoardo Rossi (b. 1998) and Sara Breschi (b. 1996) are two active young amateur astronomers at the S |
280652 | Aimaku | AIMAKU is the Italian association for sufferers of the genetic disease alkaptonuria. By means of st |
282903 | Masada | Masada is an ancient fortification located on a plateau on the eastern edge of the Judaean desert. |
283461 | Leacipaola | Paola Leaci (b. 1980) is a researcher at the Physics Department of the Rome Sapienza University. Her |
289608 | Wanli | Wanli is the professional name of Japanese painter Mari Furukawa (b. 1973). Among his many notable w |
294296 | Efeso | Efeso, a city in the Turkish province of Izmir province, was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis, |
304813 | Cesarina | Cesarina Papini (b. 1964) is the wife of the first discoverer. She studied biological sciences at t |
309227 | Tsukiko | Selene "Tsukiko” Mazzucato (b. 1994) is the daughter of the first discoverer. She is a student |
309704 | Baruffetti | Pietro Baruffetti (b. 1954), musician and amateur astronomer, is chairman of the Gruppo Astrofili Ma |
327982 | Balducci | Genoveffa Balducci (b. 1954) is an Italian surgeon and Director of Emergency Surgery at the Sant'And |
344581 | Albisetti | Walter Albisetti (1957-2013) was a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milano. |