Asteroids named after people called Piergiorgio

(48737) Cusinato

Piergiorgio Cusinato is an antique dealer who lives at Cortina d麓Ampezzo. A keen amateur astronomer, in 1972 he founded the Astronomer Association of Cortina, of which he is the president. In 1973 he established the Astronomical Observatory of Col Drusci茅, together with his friend, the engineer Vittore Majoni.Discovered 8 March 1997 by V. Goretti, Pianoro

(108072) Odifreddi

Piergiorgio Odifreddi (b. 1950) is an Italian mathematician and logician. Fond of the history of science, he is also extremely active as a popular science writer and essayist. Professor of mathematical logic in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Turin, he has also taught at Cornell in the U.S.A.Discovered 22 March 2001 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey, Cima Ekar