Vittorio Goretti

Minor planets discovered: 32 <ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

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Vittorio Goretti (born 1939 – 7 July 2016) was an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his observatory in Pianoro, on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy.<ref name="springer" /><ref name="AAC - Goretti" /><ref name="Astrofili GAMP" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Vittorio Goretti is a retired teacher of physics and mathematics at secondary school level in Bologna.<ref name="AAC - Goretti"/> He has discovered 32 main-belt asteroids, all of them assigned permanent numbers.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /><ref name="Goretti - Pianoro Observatory" /> He is a member of the Cortina Astronomical Association (Associazione Astronomica Cortina)<ref name="Cortina" /> and is also a collaborator with the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory monitoring near-Earth Asteroids brighter than magnitude 18.0 V under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union at his own Pianoro Observatory (MPC Observatory 610).<ref name="AAC - Goretti"/><ref name="Goretti - Pianoro Observatory"/>

The main-belt asteroid 7801 Goretti has been named in his honour.<ref name="springer" /> The official naming citation was published on 16 October 1997 (Template:Small).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

List of discovered minor planets

7437 Torricelli	12 March 1994	Template:Small Template:Ref label
8885 Sette	13 March 1994	Template:Small Template:Ref label
9232 Miretti	31 January 1997	Template:Small
10197 Senigalliesi	18 October 1996	Template:Small
10200 Quadri	7 July 1997	Template:Small
11121 Malpighi	10 September 1996	Template:Small
12035 Ruggieri	1 February 1997	Template:Small
15381 Spadolini	1 September 1997	Template:Small
16761 Hertz	3 October 1996	Template:Small
16766 Righi	18 October 1996	Template:Small
17652 Nepoti	3 November 1996	Template:Small
20081 Occhialini	12 March 1994	Template:Small Template:Ref label

21306 Marani	1 December 1996	Template:Small
Template:Mp	20 July 1998	Template:Small Template:Ref label
25276 Dimai	15 November 1998	Template:Small
26917 Pianoro	15 September 1996	Template:Small
29457 Marcopolo	25 September 1997	Template:Small
33376 Medi	6 February 1999	Template:Small
39699 Ernestocorte	12 October 1996	Template:Small
42747 Fuser	21 September 1998	Template:Small
42748 Andrisani	21 September 1998	Template:Small
43999 Gramigna	31 August 1997	Template:Small
44005 Migliardi	25 September 1997	Template:Small
47038 Majoni	17 November 1998	Template:Small

48737 Cusinato	8 March 1997	Template:Small
58573 Serpieri	9 September 1997	Template:Small
70745 Aleserpieri	9 November 1999	Template:Small
79375 Valetti	16 March 1997	Template:Small
79826 Finardi	17 November 1998	Template:Small
96217 Gronchi	14 September 1993	Template:Small Template:Ref label
100553 Dariofo	2 April 1997	Template:Small
Template:Mp	25 September 1997	Template:Small
Co-discovery made with: Template:Note label A. Boattini Template:Note label M. Tombelli Template:Note label L. Tesi

External links

• Vittorio Goretti photograph at Associazione Astronomica Cortina website, accessed 14 April 2011