Asteroids named after people called Marcello
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(11121) Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) holds a prominent position in the history of medicine and biology, working in Pisa, Bologna, Messina and Rome. A pioneer in the use of the microscope in anatomy, he made fundamental studies of the lungs. He later made contributions in hematology and embryology.Discovered 10 September 1996 by V. Goretti, Pianoro
(56073) Poggianti
Marcello Poggianti (b. 1946) is an Italian amateur astronomer who is an active member of the Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo. Since 1995 he has observed minor planets, especially NEOs.Discovered 26 December 1998 by Tombelli, M., Boattini, A., San Marcello
(614690) Conversimarcello
Marcello Conversi (1917–1988) was an Italian professor of particle physics, member of CERN and the Accademia dei Lincei. He is best known for the Conversi, Pancini and Piccioni cosmic ray experiment (1942–1946) which demonstrated that the mesotron, nowadays known as the muon, was not the particle predicted by Yukawa to be the mediator of the strong force.Discovered 4 December 2021 by M. Micheli L. Conversi, Calar Alto-Schmidt