Italian astronomer
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]
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 ]
5609 Stroncone
22 March 1993
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5654 Terni
20 May 1993
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6417 Liberati
4 December 1993
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8943 Stefanozavka
30 January 1997
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10208 Germanicus
30 August 1997
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12358 Azzurra
22 September 1993
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14077 Volfango
9 August 1996
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15391 Steliomancinelli
3 October 1997
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17547 Nestebovelli
21 September 1993
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19262 Lucarubini
29 July 1995
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20139 Marianeschi
19 August 1996
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21160 Saveriolombardi
10 October 1993
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(21189) 1994 JB
3 May 1994
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(21190) 1994 JQ
10 May 1994
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(21287) 1996 UU3
31 October 1996
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(24137) 1999 VP72
9 November 1999
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(26894) 1995 KN1
29 May 1995
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(39641) 1995 KM1
29 May 1995
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(42545) 1996 FR2
21 March 1996
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43924 Martoni
22 February 1996
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(46648) 1995 SY
22 September 1995
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(46656) 1995 WT6
28 November 1995
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(52459) 1995 DS
21 February 1995
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(58292) 1994 GC
2 April 1994
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(58500) 1996 VU1
6 November 1996
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(65812) 1996 SG7
30 September 1996
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(69351) 1994 AE3
15 January 1994
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(69425) 1996 BC
16 January 1996
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(73719) 1993 FT
22 March 1993
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(79213) 1994 EX
8 March 1994
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(79314) 1996 DP1
23 February 1996
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(100174) 1994 AJ2
12 January 1994
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(100187) 1994 BT4
29 January 1994
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(100198) 1994 EA1
9 March 1994
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(100352) 1995 TD1
14 October 1995
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(118216) 1996 DU1
22 February 1996
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(120499) 1993 NA
9 July 1993
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(120500) 1993 OM
24 July 1993
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(129473) 1993 TK
10 October 1993
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(129543) 1996 RU5
14 September 1996
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(178300) 1993 ON
24 July 1993
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(185663) 1994 EE
4 March 1994
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(213005) 1993 RC
11 September 1993
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(241583) 1996 UV3
31 October 1996
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(269695) 1996 VW1
6 November 1996
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(275494) 1993 PA
10 August 1993
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