Asteroids named after people called Romano
馃懚 Romano as a baby name
Named in honor of Romano Serra (b. 1954), enthusiastic president of the amateur observatory of San Giovanni in Persiceto near Bologna. A great specialist in meteorites, he has gathered the largest collection of meteorite specimens in Italy. He participated in two Tunguska expeditions, in 1991 and 1998, and built a planetarium, the third largest in Italy. Name suggested by M. di Martino and supported by the discoverer.Discovered 18 December 1976 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Romano Zen (b. 1946) is famous in Italy and abroad for his high-quality optical instruments. He works in a laboratory in Venice and has made some thousands of optical instruments for amateur and professional astronomers.Discovered 17 January 1998 by Madonna di Dossobuono, Dossobuono
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