Asteroids named after people called Ugo

(24946) Foscolo

Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) was a leading exponent of Neoclassic and Pre-Romanticism Italian literature.Discovered 1 July 1997 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde

(560794) Ugoboncompagni

Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni, 1502–1585) commissioned the Gregorian calendar, in use to this day. He built the Vatican's Tower of the Winds (Gregorian Tower) which included a meridian room, set up to demonstrate the need for this reform. This project was the first of a series of astronomical observatories sited at the Vatican.Discovered 23 November 2012 by R. P. Boyle K. Černis, Mount Graham