Antonio Vagnozzi

Antonio Vagnozzi (born 1950) is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.[2][3]

Minor planets discovered: 46 [1]
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 Stroncone22 March 1993list
5654 Terni20 May 1993list
6417 Liberati4 December 1993list
8943 Stefanozavka30 January 1997list
10208 Germanicus30 August 1997list
12358 Azzurra22 September 1993list
14077 Volfango9 August 1996list
15391 Steliomancinelli3 October 1997list
17547 Nestebovelli21 September 1993list
19262 Lucarubini29 July 1995list
20139 Marianeschi19 August 1996list
21160 Saveriolombardi10 October 1993list
(21189) 1994 JB3 May 1994list
(21190) 1994 JQ10 May 1994list
(21287) 1996 UU331 October 1996list
(24137) 1999 VP729 November 1999list
(26894) 1995 KN129 May 1995list
(39641) 1995 KM129 May 1995list
(42545) 1996 FR221 March 1996list
43924 Martoni22 February 1996list
(46648) 1995 SY22 September 1995list
(46656) 1995 WT628 November 1995list
(52459) 1995 DS21 February 1995list
(58292) 1994 GC2 April 1994list
(58500) 1996 VU16 November 1996list
(65812) 1996 SG730 September 1996list
(69351) 1994 AE315 January 1994list
(69425) 1996 BC16 January 1996list
(73719) 1993 FT22 March 1993list
(79213) 1994 EX8 March 1994list
(79314) 1996 DP123 February 1996list
(100174) 1994 AJ212 January 1994list
(100187) 1994 BT429 January 1994list
(100198) 1994 EA19 March 1994list
(100352) 1995 TD114 October 1995list
(118216) 1996 DU122 February 1996list
(120499) 1993 NA9 July 1993list
(120500) 1993 OM24 July 1993list
(129473) 1993 TK10 October 1993list
(129543) 1996 RU514 September 1996list
(178300) 1993 ON24 July 1993list
(185663) 1994 EE4 March 1994list
(213005) 1993 RC11 September 1993list
(241583) 1996 UV331 October 1996list
(269695) 1996 VW16 November 1996list
(275494) 1993 PA10 August 1993list

See also

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. 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. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. "SN 1996ae". Sternberg Astronomical Institute – Moscow University. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  5. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 July 2016.


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