Asteroids named after people called Luigi
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(7006) Folco
Luigi Folco (b. 1965) is curator of meteorites at the Museo Nazionale dell'Artartide of the University of Siena. His research focuses on the thermal histories of minor planets through the study of ordinary chondrites.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(10184) Galvani
Named in memory of Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), Italian physician and physicist who conceived the electrical nature of nerve impulses. His discoveries led to the invention of the voltaic pile. His findings have been published in De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius (1791).Discovered 18 April 1996 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(10413) Pansecchi
Luigi Pansecchi (b. 1940) has made fine studies of cometary tails. As a member of the Gruppo Astrofili Giovanni e Angelo Bernasconi and of the Italian Astronomical Society, he collaborated with the Osservatorio San Vittore in Bologna and with the Osservatorio Astronomico of Brera in Milan.Discovered 29 December 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
(12369) Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) was a Sicilian writer who suffered from personal tragedy, leading him to explore madness, illusion and isolation. In 1925 he received the French Legion of Honor. In his well-known play Henri IV Pirandello's protagonist loses his mind, after falling from a horse.Discovered 8 February 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12384) Luigimartella
Luigi Martella (b. 1956) is a well-known Italian amateur astronomer and a qualified builder and repairer of astronomical telescopes.Discovered 10 October 1994 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(14947) Luigibussolino
Italian aerospace engineer Luigi Bussolino (b. 1947) has played a leading role in developing the integrated system IMPACT (International Monitoring Program for Asteroid and Comet Threat) and in designing STONES (Satellite To Observe Near Earth Object Spectra).Discovered 15 January 1996 by Tombelli, M., Munari, U., Cima Ekar
(18542) Broglio
Luigi Broglio (1911–2001), aeronautical engineer and dean of the aerospace engineering school of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, conceived and directed the San Marco Project, a cooperative space initiative between Italy and the U.S. The Italian space launch facility San Marco was also completed under his direction.Discovered 29 December 1996 by Testa, A., Manca, F., Sormano
(20433) Prestinenza
Luigi Prestinenza (b. 1929) is a very active, appreciated and popular Italian amateur astronomer. A journalist by profession, he did impressive work to keep fresh the memory of important observers of the past like Cerulli, Schiaparelli and Maggini. He is president of the “G. Ruggeri” astronomical group in Catania, Sicily.Discovered 14 February 1999 by G. Masi, Ceccano
(27988) Menabrea
Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809-1896), Piedmontese mathematician and statesman, is best remembered for an article he wrote based on a lecture given in Turin by Charles Babbage. Amplified by Ada Lovelace, this lecture was one of the earliest and clearest conceptualizations of a general-purpose computing engine.Discovered 7 November 1997 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(32931) Ferioli
Luigi Ferioli (b. 1938) is an Italian amateur astronomer and enthusiastic popularizer of astronomy. He is a skillful telescope and sundial maker, and author of Appunti di ottica astronomica.Discovered 26 September 1995 by Sicoli, P., Ghezzi, P., Sormano
(32944) Gussalli
Luigi Gussalli (1855-1950) was a mechanical engineer and designer of an experimental “double reaction” engine in 1920. He spent a considerable part of his life in studying and developing space-vehicle propulsion application devices to travel to the moon.Discovered 19 November 1995 by Sicoli, P., Manca, F., Sormano
(37640) Luiginegrelli
Luigi Negrelli (1799-1858) was an Italian engineer, known for his work on the Suez Canal.Discovered 20 November 1993 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(39653) Carnera
Luigi Carnera (1875-1962) began his career as Max Wolf's assistant at the Heidelberg Observatory, Germany, where he discovered sixteen new asteroids in 1901/02. Later, he taught astronomy in Genoa and was director of Trieste and Naples Observatories.Discovered 17 October 1995 by Sicoli, P., Ghezzi, P., Sormano
(58691) Luigisannino
Luigi Sannino (b. 1981) is an Italian amateur astronomer, studying comets and asteroids.Discovered 24 January 1998 by L. Zannoni G. Scarfì, Monte Viseggi
(114740) Luigitatto
Luigi Tatto (1922–2003) was an Italian writer whose writings were intended for children and young people. Known as “il maestro” (“the teacher”), he promoted literature among the young.Discovered 25 April 2003 by F. Bernardi, Campo Imperatore
(114829) Chierchia
Luigi Chierchia (b. 1957), a professor of mathematical analysis at Rome 3 University, has directed the local unit of the Italian national research project “Nonlinear analysis and variational problems”. His interests include dynamical systems and celestial mechanics. In 1995 he received the prize of the Institut Henri Poincaré.Discovered 23 July 2003 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore
(185733) Luigicolzani
Luigi Colzani (1922-2015) was an enthusiastic and helpful collaborator at Sormano Astronomical Observatory. He built hand-crafted cabinets to improve the use of the observatory by amateur astronomers and enthusiasts who frequent it.Discovered 28 November 1998 by Cavagna, M., Testa, A., Sormano
(383622) Luigivolta
Luigi Volta (1876–1952) was an Italian astronomer. Between 1928 and 1934 he discovered five minor planets at Pino Torinese Observatory.Discovered 11 August 2007 by V. S. Casulli, Vallemare Borbona