Antonio Vagnozzi
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Antonio Vagnozzi (born 1950) is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.[2][3]
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. 31611Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[5]
List of discovered minor planets
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| 5609 Stroncone | 22 March 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| 5654 Terni | 20 May 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| 6417 Liberati | 4 December 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| 8943 Stefanozavka | 30 January 1997 | Template:LoMP |
| 10208 Germanicus | 30 August 1997 | Template:LoMP |
| 12358 Azzurra | 22 September 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| 14077 Volfango | 9 August 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| 15391 Steliomancinelli | 3 October 1997 | Template:LoMP |
| 17547 Nestebovelli | 21 September 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| 19262 Lucarubini | 29 July 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| 20139 Marianeschi | 19 August 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| 21160 Saveriolombardi | 10 October 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| 21189 Robertonesci | 3 May 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| 21190 Martamaffei | 10 May 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 31 October 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 9 November 1999 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 29 May 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 29 May 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 21 March 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| 43924 Martoni | 22 February 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| 44368 Andreafrigo | 22 September 1998 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 22 September 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 28 November 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 21 February 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 2 April 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 6 November 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 30 September 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 15 January 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 16 January 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 22 March 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 8 March 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 23 February 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 12 January 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 29 January 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 9 March 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 14 October 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 22 February 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 9 July 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 24 July 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 10 October 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 14 September 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 24 July 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 4 March 1994 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 11 September 1993 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 31 October 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 6 November 1996 | Template:LoMP |
| Template:Mp | 10 August 1993 | Template:LoMP |
See also
References
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