Asteroids named after people called Antonio
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(4761) Urrutia
Named in honor of Antonio Urrutia A., Chilean lawyer in Santiago and for three decades legal advisor to the European Southern Observatory. The discoverer appreciates Urrutia's friendship and recalls his fruitful work.Discovered 27 August 1981 by H.-E. Schuster, La Silla
(7529) Vagnozzi
Named in honor of Antonio Vagnozzi (b. 1950), who in 1993 became the first amateur astronomer in Italy to discover a minor planet with a CCD camera and, after Spacewatch, the first person to have a CCD discovery numbered. In addition to his work on minor planets, he has more recently been engaged in a systematic search for supernovae and was a codiscoverer of SN 1996ae.Discovered 16 January 1994 by Colleverde, Colleverde
(8447) Cornejo
Antonio Cornejo (b. 1930) was the founder and director for over 30 years of the Galileo Galilei Planetarium in Buenos Aires. He took part in numerous international meetings sponsored by planetarium associations.Discovered 16 July 1974 by Felix Aguilar Observatory, El Leoncito
(9634) Vodice
Antonio Nino Vodice (b.1943) has been a member of the staff of the Circolo Culturale Astronomico di Farra d’Isonzo for many years. Working in public relations, he has planned and organized all the conferences of the observatory. By profession, he was an accountant at a large Italian banking institution.Discovered 4 December 1993 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(11112) Cagnoli
The Italian astronomer Antonio Cagnoli (1743-1816) worked to introduce the scientific ideas of the Enlightenment into Italian society, helping establish the “Italian Society”, founded in 1781 to gather the best Italian scientists into a single organization.Discovered 18 November 1995 by Madonna di Dossobuono, Dossobuono
(15150) Salsa
The San Antonio League of Sidewalk Astronomers, is an astronomy club whose passionate members are dedicated to sharing the night sky with everyone in a fun and friendly environment.Discovered 4 March 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(15353) Meucci
Antonio Meucci (1808-1889) was an inventor of the telephone.Discovered 22 November 1994 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(16744) Antonioleone
Since the early 1970s, amateur astronomer Antonio Leone (b. 1940), of Taranto, Italy, has developed principles of orbital motion in a manner easy for amateurs to understand. This has resulted in two books, Introduzione alla Meccanica Celeste and, with a co-author, Elementi di Calcolo delle Orbite.Discovered 23 July 1996 by L. Tesi, San Marcello
(19189) Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) of Cremona is considered the master of all violin makers, and he was revered already during his lifetime. His instruments show a round stamp with a cross and the insignia AS. They became the standard to which following generations of violin makers aspired.Discovered 28 December 1991 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
(20049) Antoniopresti
Antonio Presti (b. 1957) is a Sicilian patron and founder of Fiumara d'Arte, an open-air museum in Sicily. The museum contains a series of sculptures and land art installations created by international artists and located along the banks of the Tusa river.Discovered 21 March 1993 by UESAC, La Silla
(21007) Lo Campo
Antonio Lo Campo (b. 1965) is an Italian scientific journalist. He is a popular writer on astronautics and astronomy in Italy.Discovered 19 March 1988 by W. Ferreri, La Silla
(21301) Zanin
Antonio Zanin (1921-1997) was a respected Italian entrepreneur, active in the field of mechanical engineering and manufacturing and distinctly remembered by his employers for his ability to establish sincere and humane relationships.Discovered 22 November 1996 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(22263) Pignedoli
Antonio Pignedoli (1918-1989) was professor of mathematics at the military academy of Modena. A member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and many other groups, he wrote textbooks on mathematics and mathematical physics.Discovered 3 September 1980 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(27855) Giorgilli
Antonio Giorgilli (b. 1949), professor of mathematical physics at the University of Milan, distinguished himself in his productive career with numerous works in perturbation theory of Hamiltonian systems, with applications to studies of the long-term orbital stability of major and minor planets.Discovered 4 January 1995 by Manca, F., Testa, A., Sormano
(29873) Bertachini
Antonio Bertachini Prado (b. 1962) is a Brazilian research scientist at the National Institute of Space Research, Brazil. He is known for his work on orbital mechanics with a focus on swing-by maneuvers around planets and minor bodies.Discovered 10 April 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(42593) Antoniazzi
Antonio Maria Antoniazzi (1872-1925) was an Italian astronomer, who graduated in mathematics from the University of Padua in 1893 with a thesis in astronomy. He was director of Padova Astronomical Observatory from 1913 to 1925, and studied (433) Eros.Discovered 1 May 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(52558) Pigafetta
Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1492--c. 1531) was an Italian navigator and geographer. He participated in the first circumnavigation of the globe from 1519 to 1522.Discovered 27 March 1997 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(54852) Mercatali
Antonio Mercatali (b. 1962) is an amateur astronomer who lives in the city of Livorno and is very active making astrometric observations of minor planets.Discovered 22 July 2001 by Tesi, L., Tombelli, M., San Marcello
(65821) De Curtis
Antonio De Curtis (1898–1967), nicknamed “Totò”, was an Italian artist, comedian, film and theater actor, writer, singer and songwriter.Discovered 30 October 1996 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(198592) Antbernal
Antonio Bernal (b. 1947) was the director of the Medellin Planetarium for two years. He has been a collaborator on the magazine Astronomy since 2002 and was a charter member of the Astronomical Colombian Network. At present he works as an expert in the Observatory Fabra of Barcelona and gives courses in astronomy.Discovered 3 January 2005 by J. Manteca, Begues
(292459) Antoniolasciac
Antonio Lasciac (1856-1946) was a central European architect, engineer, poet and musician of Slovenian origin. He designed notable buildings in Istanbul, Alexandria, Cairo and Gorizia.Discovered 29 September 2006 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(424200) Tonicelia
Antonio Celia Miro (b. 1969) is a Spanish software engineer and advanced amateur astronomer. He built his observatory in 2011, with a self-built computerized mount and an inexpensive 0.15-m Newtonian. He is interested in astrometry, photometry and in pro-am collaborations.Discovered 12 July 2007 by OAM, La Sagra
(545167) Bonfini
Italian humanist Antonio Bonfini (1427–1502) was the court historian for Matthias Corvinus, the king of Hungary. Matthias commissioned him to write Hungary's history from the time of the Huns. With this great work, and his other writings and translations, Bonfini exerted a powerful influence on Hungarian historiography.Discovered 30 January 2011 by S. Kürti K. Sárneczky, Piszkesteto
(822844) Antoniogonzalez
Antonio González (b. 1972) is a Spanish employee of Sodepal, a public agency that encourages economic and social revitalization on La Palma. He has pioneered astro-tourism on La Palma, promoting the Astronomical Viewpoints Network, astronomical theming of rural houses, astrophotography, group observations and educational projects for kids.Discovered 8 November 2015 by EURONEAR, Roque de los Muchachos