Andrea Boattini
Andrea Boattini (born September 16, 1969 ) is an Italian astronomer and asteroid explorer.
His main field of work is the near-Earth asteroids , especially the Aten-type asteroids . In 1996 he graduated from the University of Bologna with a thesis on near-earth objects . After many years at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and the observatory in Rome , he is currently working at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona in Tucson . There he supports the work of the Catalina Sky Survey . He discovered the asteroid 2007 WD5 , which according to initial calculations should collide with Mars in January 2008 .
Between 1994 and today (January 2010) he discovered more than 200 asteroids , most of them together with other astronomers such as Luciano Tesi and Maura Tombelli .
In addition, from 2007 to 2010 he discovered comets such as C / 2007 W1 (Boattini) , C / 2008 J1 (Boattini) , P / 2008 O3 (Boattini) , C / 2008 S3 (Boattini) , P / 2008 T1 (Boattini) , P / 2008 Y1 (Boattini) , P / 2009 B1 (Boattini) , C / 2009 P2 (Boattini) , P / 2009 Q4 (Boattini) , C / 2009 W2 (Boattini) , C / 2010 F1 (Boattini ) and C / 2010 G1 (Boattini) . His work for the Mount Lemmon Survey led to the rediscovery of the periodic comet 206P / Barnard-Boattini on October 7, 2008 .
Honors
In 2005 he and Luciano Tesi received the Meteorite d'oro .
The asteroid (8925) Boattini was named after him.
source
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English), limited preview in the Google book search
Individual evidence
- ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
- ↑ 206P at Garry Kronk's Cometography (Eng.) ( Memento from September 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Boattini, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian astronomer and asteroid explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th September 1969 |