Asteroids named after people called Stefano
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Stefano Zafka (1972-2007), born in Terni, was an Alpine guide. He also took part in two expeditions on K2. After reaching the Himalayan peak for the second time he disappeared during the descent.Discovered 30 January 1997 by A. Vagnozzi, Stroncone
Stefano Valentini (b. 1955) is an Italian amateur astronomer and able computer programmer well known for his software WinAstrometry, used at many Italian amateur observatories for the calculation of astrometric positions from CCD images. Since 1993 he has collaborated with the observatory where this discovery was made.Discovered 24 February 1998 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
Stefano Bagnulo (b. 1965) is an astronomer at the Armagh Observatory and a specialist in polarimetry of early-type stars. He has extended his expertise to polarization measurements of solar system bodies, including transneptunian objects, Centaurs and cometary nuclei.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
Stefano Simoni (b. 1974) is an Italian amateur astronomer. He created and maintains a very popular non-profit Italian blog devoted to the dissemination of astronomy and astrophysics.Discovered 23 April 1984 by V. Zappala, La Silla
Stefano Vitale (b. 1951) is a full professor of Physics at University of Trento. He is the PI of the LISA Technology Package payload on board the LISA Pathfinder mission of the ESA, launched in 2015 as a precursor to a space-borne gravitational wave observatory.Discovered 4 December 1996 by Tombelli, M., Casacci, C., Cima Ekar
Stefano Sposetti is an amateur astronomer and teacher who lives in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland in the Ticino Alps. Since his youth he has been a very active observer of minor planets, comets, artificial satellites and meteors. He is also a helpful friend to budding young amateur astrometrists.Discovered 31 October 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Stefano Orlandi (b. 1944), has been a lover of stars since childhood. In 1990 he founded the T.L.C. observatory for deep-sky photography and astrometry of comets and minor planets.Discovered 7 March 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna
Stefano Giovanardi (b. 1972) is an Italian astronomer and science communicator. He is the scientific curator at the Planetarium of Rome and the author of astronomical shows and cultural astronomy events. He developed original outreach formats, like the urban starwalks and the Astroconcert project.Discovered 4 April 1999 by Tombelli, M., Boattini, A., San Marcello
Stefano Franscini (1796-1857), a member of the Ticino canton government in Switzerland, helped organize the public schools. In 1848, he was elected to the first federal council. He also played a key role in creating the polytechnic school in Zürich and the Swiss federal statistical office.Discovered 28 November 1999 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
Stefano Ragazzi (b. 1954) is a professor at the Milan Bicocca University and director of Gran Sasso National Laboratory INAF.Discovered 7 January 1997 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
Stefano Cicalò (b. 1982) is a researcher in celestial mechanics, mainly involved in the development of new advanced algorithms and software for the complex dynamics of the radio science experiment of the ESA Bepi Colombo Mission to Mercury and the NASA JUNO mission to Jupiter.Discovered 11 July 2002 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore
Stefano Klett (b. 1964) is a Swiss computer scientist and amateur astronomer who observes minor planets from his home town of Camorino. He is the promoter of the Ticino section of Dark Sky Switzerland.Discovered 12 November 1999 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
Stefano Voglino (b. 1983) is an Italian aerospace engineer who has worked on a number of space projects including the International Space Station. Since 2023 he has been Project Design Authority on the Rosalind Franklin rover on the Exomars mission.Discovered 3 October 2002 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore
Stefano Mancuso (b. 1965) is an Italian neuroscientist at Florence University and Director of the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology. His studies have been focused on the physiology and behavior of plants, suggesting that plants have “social” abilities and a form of intelligence.Discovered 11 January 2002 by CINEOS, Campo Imperatore
Stefano Zibetti (b. 1976) is an Italian astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for his contributions to the statistical study of the extremely faint diffuse light around galaxies and for the galaxies identified via quasar absorption lines.Discovered 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point
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