Asteroids named after people called Primo

(4545) Primolevi

Primo Levi (1919-1987) was an Italian chemist and writer. He was the author of two novels and several collections of short stories, essays and poems. His best-known work is If this is a man, his account of the period he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp. Name suggested by M. Di Martino and P. Bianucci.Discovered 28 September 1989 by H. Debehogne, La Silla