Luigi Carnera

Minor planets discovered: 16 <ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

466 Tisiphone	17 January 1901	Template:Small Template:Ref label
469 Argentina	20 February 1901	Template:Small
470 Kilia	21 April 1901	Template:Small
472 Roma	11 July 1901	Template:Small
476 Hedwig	17 August 1901	Template:Small
477 Italia	23 August 1901	Template:Small
478 Tergeste	21 September 1901	Template:Small
479 Caprera	12 November 1901	Template:Small
480 Hansa	21 May 1901	Template:Small Template:Ref label
481 Emita	12 February 1902	Template:Small
485 Genua	7 May 1902	Template:Small
486 Cremona	11 May 1902	Template:Small
487 Venetia	9 July 1902	Template:Small
488 Kreusa	26 June 1902	Template:Small Template:Ref label
489 Comacina	2 September 1902	Template:Small
808 Merxia	11 October 1901	Template:Small
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Luigi Carnera (born in Trieste April 14, 1875, died in Florence, July 30, 1962) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician. He discovered 16 minor planets in the early 20th century.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> The main-belt asteroid 39653 Carnera was named in his honour.<ref name="MPC-Carnera" />

In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germany he discovered a number of asteroids. He worked in Germany, Italy and Argentina before returning to Italy for good in 1908.

He was director of Trieste Observatory starting in 1919; Trieste had just been annexed to Italy following World War I. He then became director of Capodimonte Observatory in Naples starting in 1932 and until his retirement in 1950. In 1943 during World War II, the observatory was temporarily occupied by American and British troops in order to install a radar station.

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