Asteroids named after people called Chiara

(29869) Chiarabarbara

Chiara D'Abramo (b. 1986) and Barbara D'Abramo (b. 1970) are the sisters of the second discoverer.Discovered 4 April 1999 by Boattini, A., D'Abramo, G., San Marcello

(73442) Feruglio

Chiara Feruglio (b. 1978) obtained her degree in astronomy at the University of Padua in 2003, with a thesis on spectroscopy of Seyfert galaxies. Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, she is studying the properties of accretion onto super massive black holes.Discovered 10 July 2002 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore

(576466) Scherpenisse

Chiara Scherpenisse (1986–2007) was a close friend of the discoverer. She worked with children and persons with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands, and aspired to be a nurse.Discovered 21 September 2012 by M. Langbroek, Sierra Stars