Asteroids named after people called Giovanni
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(6509) Giovannipratesi
Giovanni Pratesi (b. 1963) is a mineralogist and specialist in meteorites and impact rocks. He is director of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Firenze and was the founder and director of the Museum of Planetary Sciences in Prato until 2012. He recognized and classified two martian meteorites.Discovered 12 February 1983 by Debehogne, H., De Sanctis, G., La Silla
(6852) Nannibignami
Giovanni Bignami (b. 1944) is an astrophysicist who contributed to the realization and scientific exploitation of the major space missions devoted to gamma-ray astronomy. He was president of the Italian Space Agency and COSPAR, and now of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics.Discovered 14 February 1985 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(7317) Cabot
Named for Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot (1449/50–1498/99), who made the first recorded landfall in North America since the Norse voyages. Genoese by birth and Venetian by citizenship, Cabot moved to England in 1484, apparently motivated by his idea of reaching Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic. In 1497 he and his crew of 18 sailed from Bristol in a tiny vessel, the Matthew, arriving off Newfoundland on June 24, after which he explored the coast southward to Nova Scotia. His account of the sea swarming with fish led to great interest in the rich fishery around the ‘New found land’. Named to commemorate 500 years of continued contact between Europe and Canada. Name suggested and citation prepared by G. C. L. Aikman.Discovered 12 March 1940 by G. Kulin, Konkoly
(7328) Casanova
Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was a writer, spy and diplomat, the prince of Italian adventurers. His autobiography Histoire de ma vie established his reputation as an archetypal seducer of women. He spent his final years in Bohemia as librarian in the château of Dux, now Duchcov. The name was suggested by M. Tichy.Discovered 20 September 1984 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(8123) Canaletto
Canaletto, whose birth name was Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), developed the so-called Veduten style of painting, characterized by detailed and precise views of cities. Best known for his paintings of Venice, he also painted London and Dresden.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(9878) Sostero
Giovanni Sostero (b. 1964), an Italian amateur astronomer since age 10 and now at the Remanzacco Observatory, works on cataclysmic variables and field studies of comets. An aerospace engineer, he works at the Italian synchrotron radiation source and, during the summer, at the Visnjan School of Astronomy in Croatia.Discovered 17 March 1994 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(10928) Caprara
Giovanni Caprara (b. 1948) is science and space editor of Il Corriere della Sera, the most authoritative newspaper in Italy. Author of numerous books on astronomy and the exploration of the universe, he received the Glaxo-CEE award.Discovered 25 January 1998 by Tombelli, M., Forti, G., Cima Ekar
(12433) Barbieri
Giovanni Barbieri (b. 1941) is an amateur astronomer in the Montelupo Group.Discovered 15 January 1996 by Tombelli, M., Munari, U., Cima Ekar
(12812) Cioni
Giovanni Cioni (1943-2002) was an amateur astronomer of the Montelupo Group.Discovered 14 February 1996 by Tombelli, M., Munari, U., Cima Ekar
(15036) Giovannianselmi
Giovanni Anselmi is the founder and director of an Italian magazine on astronomy. In his leading article each month he extols astronomy as having a poetic soul, which motivates people to admire the heavens.Discovered 18 November 1998 by Madonna di Dossobuono, Dossobuono
(15950) Dallago
Vicenza amateur astronomer Giovanni Dal Lago (b. 1964) writes a column for an Italian magazine on testing optical instruments and the use of CCD cameras.Discovered 17 January 1998 by Madonna di Dossobuono, Dossobuono
(16682) Donati
The Tuscan astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) made important contributions to the early development of stellar spectroscopy, being also the first to observe a cometary spectrum. He was director of the Florence Observatory and discoverer of six comets, among them the spectacular naked-eye comet C/1858 L1.Discovered 18 March 1994 by Cavagna, M., Giuliani, V., Sormano
(16745) Zappa
Italian astronomer Giovanni Zappa (1884-1923) was an assistant at the observatory of the Collegio Romano, adjunct astronomer at Catania, astronomer at Capodimonte and director of the observatory of Collurania and Collegio Romano. Interested in classical astronomy, he calculated orbits of minor planets and comets.Discovered 9 August 1996 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(16906) Giovannisilva
Italian astronomer Giovanni Silva (1882-1957) was an assistant at the International Latitude Station at Carloforte and later director of the Padua Observatory until 1952. He contributed to classical astronomy, celestial mechanics, geodesy, astrophysics and the calculus of probability.Discovered 18 February 1998 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(17043) Santucci
Giovanni Carmelo Santucci (b. 2000) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attended the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 19 March 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(19149) Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian poet and essayist, known for the psychological romance Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta (1343-1344), which expresses his love for Maria d´Aquino, daughter of the king of Naples. He was more famous for his masterpiece Il Decamerone (1349-1351), written in common language.Discovered 2 March 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(20356) Giopoggiali
Giovanni Poggiali (b. 1991) is an Italian planetary scientist at INAF–Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri working on infrared spectroscopy of asteroids and planetary surfaces. He combines laboratory measurements, analogue material preparation, and remote-sensing data to support space-mission observations, such as OSIRIS-REx and Hera.Discovered 23 April 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21047) Hodierna
Giovanni Battista Hodierna (1597-1660) was a catholic priest who taught mathematics and astronomy in Ragusa, Sicily. An enthusiastic follower of Galileo, he observed the rings of Saturn and the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites. His best-known work was Medicaeorum Ephemerides.Discovered 22 September 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(24101) Cassini
Giovanni Domenico (a.k.a. Jean Dominique) Cassini (1625-1712), an Italian-born French astronomer, was the first director of the Royal Observatory in Paris. He discovered four of the satellites of Saturn, the major gap in its rings, and was the first to record observations of the zodiacal light.Discovered 9 November 1999 by C. W. Juels, Fountain Hills
(24826) Pascoli
Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912) was an Italian poet and classical scholar.Discovered 22 August 1995 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(29356) Giovarduino
Giovanni Arduino, born in Caprino Veronese, has recently been acknowledged as one of the founders of modern stratigraphy and stratigraphic chronology. He recognized the upward motion of the Alps, which he first classified on the grounds of the geological features of different strata.Discovered 25 September 1995 by P. Antolini, Pleiade
(31015) Boccardi
Giovanni Boccardi (1859-1936) worked at the observatories of Collegio Romano (Rome) and Collurania (Teramo). Director of the Turin Observatory from 1900 until 1923, he founded the magazine Rivista di Astronomia e Scienze Affini and the society Urania for the popularization of astronomy.Discovered 16 February 1996 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(58417) Belzoni
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) was an explorer of Egyptian antiquities. He is most noted for retrieving the colossal bust of Ramesses II and opening the sepulchre of Seti I and the second pyramid of Giza.Discovered 25 January 1996 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(59417) Giocasilli
Giovanni Casilli (b. 1949) joined the staff of the Rome Astronomical Observatory in 1989. Since then he has worked at the Campo Imperatore station as a technician, providing his assistance to the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey.Discovered 5 April 1999 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L., San Marcello
(60183) Falcone
Giovanni Falcone (1939-1992) was an Italian magistrate who fought against organized crime.Discovered 5 November 1999 by M. M. M. Santangelo, Monte Agliale
(111561) Giovanniallevi
Giovanni Allevi (b. 1969) is an Italian piano soloist and composer of contemporary music. Fond of philosophy and physics, he obtained a Philosophy degree in 1998 with a thesis titled The vacuum in contemporary Physics. Allevi performs all over the world and has received several prestigious prizes.Discovered 5 January 2002 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey, Cima Ekar
(122632) Riccioli
Giovanni Riccioli (1598–1671) was one of the first telescopic observers of the Moon. He was author of the Almagestum Novum, that contains a lunar map still used today.Discovered 5 September 2000 by S. Donati, Monte Agliale
(145962) Lacchini
Giovanni Battista Lacchini (1884-1967) was an Italian astronomer, noted for his work on variable stars. He published over 100 papers and was a founding member of the AAVSO. A crater on the farside of the moon bears his name.Discovered 29 December 1999 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(175629) Lambertini
Giovanni Lambertini (1916-1997) was an Italian friar and enthusiast of science who taught physics and astronomy to many children. One of the founders of the group of amateur astronomers in Ravenna, he developed a passion for astronomy in many young people, and this minor planet has been discovered by two of them.Discovered 19 September 2007 by Tozzi, F., Graziani, M., Skylive
(207657) Mangiantini
Giovanni Mangiantini (1947-2006) was a passionate amateur astronomer.Discovered 1 August 2007 by Tesi, L., Fagioli, G., San Marcello
(227152) Zupi
Giovanni Battista Zupi or Zupus (c.1590–1650) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and Jesuit priest. In 1639, he was the first person to discover that the planet Mercury showed orbital phases, like those of the Moon and Venus.Discovered 5 August 2005 by V. S. Casulli, Vallemare Borbona
(295299) Nannidiana
Giovanni Foglia (b. 1932) and Diana Damiani (b. 1938) are the parents of Sergio Foglia, one of the H55 observers. They are a constant source of support and inspiration to him.Discovered 15 April 2008 by R. Holmes, Charleston