Asteroids named after people called Giuseppe
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(4627) Pinomogavero
Giuseppe Mogavero (b. 1954) is a medical doctor in Isnello, Palermo. Thanks to his tenacity, enthusiasm and efforts the Parco Astronomico delle Madonie (Sicily), a center for astronomical research and popularization of physical sciences, has been realized. Name suggested by M. Di Martino.Discovered 5 September 1985 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(5948) Longo
Named in honor of Giuseppe Longo (b. 1920), a physicist at the University of Bologna. For most of his professional life a nuclear physicist, in the late 1980s Longo became interested in the Tunguska event. He organized an expedition to the site of the explosion in 1991, at which time microscopic particles, trapped in the resin of surviving trees, were collected. Later detailed analysis showed that the annual distribution of the particles peaked in 1908, and elements were identified that probably originated in meteoritic material. Longo recently organized in Bologna the first workshop where Russian and other modelers of the Tunguska event met and compared their views and results. Name suggested and citation prepared by M. Di Martino and P. Farinella.Discovered 15 May 1985 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(6556) Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527?--1593) was an Italian Mannerist painter whose grotesque, almost surrealist compositions of fruits, vegetables and other objects were arranged to resemble human portraits. He became a favorite court painter of the Hapsburg emperor Rudolph II in Prague. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Discovered 29 December 1989 by A. Mrkos, Klet
(7988) Pucacco
Giuseppe Pucacco (b. 1956) is a researcher in the Physics Department of the University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, where he teaches celestial mechanics and applied acoustics. He is a project manager for the eLISA/NGO experiment of the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(8155) Battaglini
Named in memory of Giuseppe Battaglini (1826-1894), Italian mathematician. University professor of superior geometry at Napoli and Roma, he was founder of the Giornale di Matematiche ad uso degli studenti delle Università Italiane. He introduced Italy to the non-Euclidean geometry of Lobachevskij, and his translations of some of Todhunter's texts were used for many years by Italian university students.Discovered 17 August 1988 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(8192) Tonucci
Named in memory of Giuseppe Tonucci (1938-1988), Italian road and track cycling champion. During his long career he won numerous competitions throughout Europe, distinguishing himself in the Rome Olympic Games in 1960 and in the World Championship in the Netherlands.Discovered 10 September 1993 by Stroncone, Stroncone
(8401) Assirelli
Even outside Italy, Italian photographer Giuseppe Assirelli (1950-1998) was well known for his exhibitions and for his many books of photographs, depicting the beauty of his land, his town, his river and his people.Discovered 16 February 1994 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(9397) Lombardi
Giuseppe Lombardi (b. 1939) is an Italian amateur astronomer at the CCAF observatory in Farra d'Isonzo. Now retired, he spends most of his sleepless nights at the observatory, where he shows the beauties of the sky to visitors and participates in almost all of the discoveries at this site.Discovered 6 September 1994 by Stroncone, Stroncone
(11084) Gio
Giuseppe Schilirò (1991-2000), an Italian student, was a good and big-hearted child. The name was suggested by his schoolmates.Discovered 19 September 1993 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(11117) Giuseppeolongo
Giuseppe O. Longo (b. 1941) is the Circolo Culturale Astronomico di Farra d’Isonzo scientific manager. He held the chair of Information Theory at the Department of Engineering at the University of Trieste, and is known for many books and solutions in the fields of mathematics, linguistics and communication and an expert in artificial intelligence.Discovered 14 June 1996 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(14007) Fiamingo
Giuseppe Fiamingo (b. 1972) is an Italian mathematician, physics teacher, and science communicator. His specialty is cosmic rays and the physical phenomena associated with them. In 2024 he was awarded the Atlante Italian Teacher Award and the title of Best Italian Teacher in his field of mathematics and physics teaching.Discovered 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(14846) Lampedusa
Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) is famous for Il Gattopardo, whose fictional protagonist, Prince Fabrizio Salina, modeled on the author's own grandfather, was an amateur astronomer who discovered and named minor planets “Salina” in honor of his family and “Svelto” in memory of his favorite dog.Discovered 29 January 1989 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(17088) Giupalazzolo
Giuseppe William Palazzolo (b. 1986) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science team project. He attends the Vincent Massey Secondary School, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.Discovered 10 May 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(20081) Occhialini
Giuseppe Occhialini (b. 1907) is a distinguished Italian physicist. He collaborated with P. M. S. Blackett at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge on very important research work in cosmic radiation.Discovered 12 March 1994 by Goretti, V., Tombelli, M., Cima Ekar
(23564) Ungaretti
Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) was a poet of Hermeticism, best known for the short poem “M'illumino d'immenso”.Discovered 6 November 1994 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(23685) Toaldo
Giuseppe Toaldo (1719-1797), Italian astronomer and scientist, was professor of astronomy at Padua University beginning in 1762. His main interests were geophysics and meteorology. He founded the journal Giornale astrometeorologico, which was published from 1773 to 1797.Discovered 1 May 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(27967) Beppebianchi
Giuseppe Bianchi (1791-1866) founded the astronomical observatory at Modena in 1827 and served as its director until 1859. Observing with the Reichenbach meridian circle he made a catalogue of 220 fundamental stars as a revision of Piazzi's work. This allowed him to discover the variability of some of the proper motions.Discovered 1 October 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(31134) Zurria
Giuseppe Zurria (1810-1896), professor of mathematics at the University of Catania, where he was also dean of the faculty and rector, studied some arguments of analysis, special functions and the development of the perturbative function in series of spherical functions.Discovered 27 September 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(40447) Lorenzoni
Giuseppe Lorenzoni (1843-1914) was an Italian astronomer and scientist, and an assistant to Giovanni Santini at the Padova Astronomical Observatory. He was director of that observatory from 1877 to 1912. He was also a professor of astronomy and geodesy.Discovered 11 September 1999 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(70179) Beppechiara
Giuseppe Brenna (b. 1952) and his wife Chiara Martinoni (b. 1953) live in a small village in the Verzasca valley in the Swiss canton of Ticino. He has climbed to the top of all 630 mountains in Ticino of altitude greater than 2000 meters and has written several guides and books about Swiss mountains.Discovered 21 August 1999 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(80135) Zanzanini
Giuseppe Zan Zanini (1794-1869) lived in Val Bavona and Val Foiòi in Ticino, Switzerland. His history is a symbol of the hard life and fragile existence supported by the valley inhabitants of Ticino in 1800. The name was suggested by G. and C. Brenna.Discovered 7 October 1999 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(91898) Margnetti
Giuseppe Margnetti (b. 1960) is a keen winemaker and artist living in the Swiss town of Camorino with his wife Danila (née Cosner).Discovered 8 November 1999 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(108201) Di Blasi
Giuseppe Di Blasi (1988-2005) was a cousin of Dario Di Maria, one of the discoverers. An Italian student, Giuseppe Di Blasi was a good and big-hearted boy.Discovered 27 April 2001 by Farra d'Isonzo, Farra d'Isonzo
(147693) Piccioni
Giuseppe Piccioni (b. 1965), known for work on infrared imaging sensors, has consulted for several Institutions, such as IKI in Moscow, DLR in Berlin, SRC in Warsaw, CSIC in Granada and DESPA in Paris. Since 2001 he has been a staff researcher at the Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica in Rome.Discovered 11 February 2005 by Boattini, A., Scholl, H., La Silla
(199631) Giuseppesprizzi
Giuseppe Sprizzi (b. 1973) is the discoverer's son in law.Discovered 2 April 2006 by , Vallemare Borbona 111803 Casulli, V. S.
(210182) Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), nicknamed “Soul of Italy”, was an Italian activist for the unification of Italy. Founder of the secret republican society “Giovine Italia”, he taught astronomy in his Italian free school for poor children, founded during his exile in London.Discovered 26 October 2006 by V. S. Casulli, Vallemare Borbona
(214953) Giugavazzi
Giuseppe Gavazzi (b. 1936) is a painter and sculptor, known for the originality of his large wood and bronze sculptures. He is an expert restorer of paintings of the great masters of the past and a very passionate amateur astronomer who has painted in scientifically-accurate sundials in frescoes.Discovered 29 November 2007 by Tesi, L., Fagioli, G., San Marcello
(257439) Peppeprosperini
Giuseppe Prosperini (1937-2005) was an active amateur astronomer who observed lunar and minor-planet occultations. He took part in several international surveys, popularized astronomy and help found the Frasso Sabino Observatory.Discovered 9 August 2010 by Frasso Sabino, Frasso Sabino
(378076) Campani
Giuseppe Campani (c.1636–1715) was an Italian astronomer and telescope maker.Discovered 23 October 2006 by V. S. Casulli, Vallemare Borbona
(836955) Lais
Giuseppe Lais (1845–1921) was an Oratorian priest and Italian astronomer who was key in establishing the Vatican Observatory. He served as Deputy Director of the Vatican Observatory for 30 years and was involved in the observations and reduction of the glass plates involved in the Carte du Ciel star atlas project.Discovered 24 November 2012 by R. P. Boyle K. Äernis, Mount Graham