Antonio Vagnozzi
Antonio Vagnozzi (born 1950) is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.[2] [3]
Astronomical career
[edit ]Vagnozzi is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of 46 minor planets during 1993–1999.[1] In 1993, he was Italy's first amateur astronomer (and the second discoverer worldwide) to discover a minor planet using a CCD camera. (The first numbered CCD-based discovery was 4255 Spacewatch, which was discovered by the Spacewatch project in 1986).[3]
He also searches for supernovae and is a co-discoverer of SN 1996ae.[3] [4]
Awards and honors
[edit ]The main-belt asteroid 7529 Vagnozzi was named in his honor.[3] The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 11 April 1998 (M.P.C. 31611).[5]
List of discovered minor planets
[edit ]See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Marsden, B. G. (1994). "Asteroid and comet surveys". Astronomy from wide-field imaging: proceedings of the 161st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union. International Astronomical Union. p. 398. ISBN 9780792328797 . Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(7529) Vagnozzi". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7529) Vagnozzi. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 601–602. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6537. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "SN 1996ae". Sternberg Astronomical Institute – Moscow University. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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