Asteroids named after people called Diego
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(11803) Turrini
Diego Turrini (b. 1979) is a scientist at the Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) whose work includes modeling the source of olivine on Vesta as detected by the Dawn spacecraft mission.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(20882) Paulsanchez
Diego Paul Sánchez Lana (b. 1976) has applied the physics of granular mechanics to the study of rubble pile asteroids. His work has identified the possible source of asteroid cohesive strength and shown that it plays a fundamental role in the spin fission of asteroids and their pathways to binary asteroid formation.Discovered 3 November 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(24411) Janches
Diego Janches (b. 1967) is a space weather scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He uses radar observations of microgram-size meteors to refine models for their mass influx, and has developed a meteor radar system in southern Argentina covering unsurveyed southern sky.Discovered 7 January 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(31429) Diegoazzaro
Diego Azzaro (1925-2014) was an Italian amateur astronomer. A popularizer of astronomy, he was president of the association ASTRIS and Astronomical Observatory of Cervara di Roma.Discovered 21 January 1999 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(49987) Bonata
Italian aerospace engineer Diego Bonata (b. 1968) has promoted laws for the control of light pollution and energy saving through the Cielobuio Association, of which he is president. At the Carl Sagan Observatory in Brignano Gera d'Adda he has developed new environmentally compatible technologies for lighting engineering.Discovered 3 January 2000 by Tesi, L., Forti, G., San Marcello
(155438) Velasquez
Diego Velásquez (1599-1660), the most famous Spanish painter of his time, was little known outside his country until the nineteenth century, when some of his later works, such as his La Venus del espejo (now commonly known as “The Rokeby Venus”) influenced Manet on his journey from realism to impressionism.Discovered 18 February 1998 by Klet, Klet