Asteroids named after people called Emilio

(27094) Salgari

Emilio Salgari, “King of Adventure” (1862-1911), writer of works that nourished the fantasy of many generations, was born in Verona and died in Torino. The father of Sandokan and Black Corsair, he wrote 82 novels and hundreds of short stories, translated into many languages all over the world.Discovered 25 October 1998 by Munari, U., Castellani, F., Cima Ekar

(35270) Molinari

Emilio Molinari (b. 1963), developed his astronomical career in Brera Observatory, Milan, beginning with the study of distant clusters of galaxies then shifting to technology group. He now serves as director of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo and Rapid Eye Mount observatories.Discovered 7 September 1996 by Giuliani, V., Chiavenna, P., Sormano

(168039) Eefalcoacosta

Emilio Eduardo Falco Acosta (b. 1954) is an Uruguayan-American astronomer who retired from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 2020. He has more than 580 publications on gravitational lensing, extrasolar planets, and supernovae. He continues his decades-old effort to protect the natural night sky from the harmful effects of anthropogenic light.Discovered 1 June 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey, Mount Lemmon

(385980) Emiliosegre

Emilio Gino Segrè (1905–1989) was an Italian-American physicist who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton. He was a co-winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the antiproton.Discovered 9 January 2007 by V. S. Casulli, Vallemare Borbona