Antonio Vagnozzi

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Antonio Vagnozzi (born 1950) is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.<ref name="Marsden-1994" /><ref name="springer" />

Astronomical career

Vagnozzi is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of 46 minor planets during 1993–1999.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> 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).<ref name="springer" />

He also searches for supernovae and is a co-discoverer of SN 1996ae.<ref name="springer" /><ref name="SN 1996ae" />

Awards and honors

The main-belt asteroid 7529 Vagnozzi was named in his honor.<ref name="springer" /> The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 11 April 1998 (Template:Small).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

List of discovered minor planets

5609 Stroncone	22 March 1993	Template:LoMP
5654 Terni	20 May 1993	Template:LoMP
6417 Liberati	4 December 1993	Template:LoMP
8943 Stefanozavka	30 January 1997	Template:LoMP
10208 Germanicus	30 August 1997	Template:LoMP
12358 Azzurra	22 September 1993	Template:LoMP
14077 Volfango	9 August 1996	Template:LoMP
15391 Steliomancinelli	3 October 1997	Template:LoMP
17547 Nestebovelli	21 September 1993	Template:LoMP
19262 Lucarubini	29 July 1995	Template:LoMP

20139 Marianeschi	19 August 1996	Template:LoMP
21160 Saveriolombardi	10 October 1993	Template:LoMP
21189 Robertonesci	3 May 1994	Template:LoMP
21190 Martamaffei	10 May 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	31 October 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	9 November 1999	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	29 May 1995	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	29 May 1995	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	21 March 1996	Template:LoMP
43924 Martoni	22 February 1996	Template:LoMP

44368 Andreafrigo	22 September 1998	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	22 September 1995	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	28 November 1995	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	21 February 1995	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	2 April 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	6 November 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	30 September 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	15 January 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	16 January 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	22 March 1993	Template:LoMP

Template:Mp	8 March 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	23 February 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	12 January 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	29 January 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	9 March 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	14 October 1995	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	22 February 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	9 July 1993	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	24 July 1993	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	10 October 1993	Template:LoMP

Template:Mp	14 September 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	24 July 1993	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	4 March 1994	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	11 September 1993	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	31 October 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	6 November 1996	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	10 August 1993	Template:LoMP

See also

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• Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory

References

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