Asteroids named after people called Federico
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(8112) Cesi
Named in memory of Federico Cesi (1585–1630), a scientist and humanist of the Italian Renaissance who devoted his life and property to the Academy of the Lincei, which he founded at the age of eighteen and of which Galileo was a member. He published numerous works about nature, including Galileo's Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari and tables of classification for the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.Discovered 3 May 1995 by Stroncone, Stroncone
(10584) Ferrini
Named in honor of the Italian physicist Federico Ferrini, professor of astronomical techniques at the University of Pisa. He has published more than 100 scientific papers in major astronomical journals. These cover many subjects in modern theoretical astrophysics, among them planetology, star formation, the interstellar medium, galactic evolution and its cosmological effects. He is responsible for the Italian light pollution commission and is coordinator of the Mediterranean Astronomical Network.Discovered 14 April 1996 by Tesi, L., Boattini, A., San Marcello
(14104) Delpino
Federico Ernesto Delpino (1946-2007), an astronomer at the Bologna Observatory, began his scientific career by studying x-ray and γ-ray sources and the microwave cosmic background. He contributed to the creation of the electronic network at the University of Bologna and participated in astronomical popularization.Discovered 2 October 1997 by V. Giuliani, Sormano
(96217) Gronchi
Giovanni-Federico Gronchi (b. 1970) carries out research at the University of Pisa on celestial mechanics, secular evolution and proper elements of near-Earth asteroids, the mutual geometry of Keplerian orbit determination and collision singularities.Discovered 14 September 1993 by Boattini, A., Goretti, V., Cima Ekar
(133296) Federicotosi
Federico Tosi (b. 1974) has studied Jupiter's system using imaging spectroscopy data, and is currently at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, working on remote sensing, with an emphasis on the use of Cassini orbiter data on Saturnian satellites.Discovered 19 September 2003 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore
(212991) Garcialorca
Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theater director, best known for his “Rural Trilogy”, consisting of the plays Bodas de sangre, Yerma and La Casa de Bernarda Alba. He was murdered by Nationalist militia on 1936 Aug. 19, shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.Discovered 23 February 2009 by F. Hormuth, Calar Alto
(367392) Zeri
Federico Zeri (1921–1998) was an Italian art historian who specialised in Italian Renaissance painting. In his villa in Mentana (Rome, Italy) he collected about 400 ancient Roman epigraphs and more than 200 000 art photographs.Discovered 31 July 2008 by V. S. Casulli, Vallemare Borbona
(702688) Federicocolombo
Federico Colombo (1946–2022) was an Italian neurosurgeon, and a pioneer in radiosurgery and neurosurgery. He developed the world’s first LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery system and introduced the first robotic radiosurgery system in Europe. He was a son of Giuseppe ‘Bepi’ Colombo (1920–1984), Italian mathematician and engineer.Discovered 14 September 2006 by Masiero, J., Jedicke, R., Maunakea