Andrea Di Paola

**List of discovered asteroids : 10**
(7499) L'Aquila	July 24, 1996
(10589) 1996 OM ₂	July 23, 1996
(10590) 1996 OP ₂	July 24, 1996
(11620) 1996 OE ₂	July 23, 1996
(21337) 1997 BN ₉	January 17, 1997
(22451) 1996 VN ₆	November 13, 1996
(46673) 1996 OL ₂	July 23, 1996
(65845) 1997 AK ₂₂	January 14, 1997
(100514) 1997 AB ₂₄	January 15, 1997
(100515) 1997 on ₂₄	January 15, 1997
all together with Andrea Boattini

Andrea Di Paola (* 1970 ) is an Italian astronomer and asteroid explorer who works at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma .

Since joining astronomy in 1996, he and Andrea Boattini discovered a total of 11 asteroids .

He is the co-discoverer of the Supernova SN 2002cv and, as a member of the CINEOS team, the periodic comet 167P / CINEOS .

The asteroid (27130) Dipaola was named after him.

source

Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search ]