Asteroids named after people called Benedetto
(6857) Castelli
Benedetto Castelli (1578-1643) studied mathematics in Padova and was a favorite pupil of Galileo, with whom he discussed the significance of the phases of Venus in the Copernican theory. He also published works on fluids in motion, and is universally recognized as the founder of modern hydrodynamics.Discovered 19 August 1990 by E. F. Helin, Palomar