Antonio Vagnozzi

List of discovered asteroids : 45

(5609) Stroncone	March 22, 1993
(5654) Terni	May 20, 1993
(6417) Liberati	4th December 1993
(7132) Casulli	17th September 1993
(8943) Stefanozafka	January 30, 1997
(12358) Azzurra	September 22, 1993
(14077) Volfango	August 9, 1996
(15391) 1997 TS 16	October 3, 1997
(17547) 1993 SN 2	September 21, 1993
(19262) 1995 OB 1	July 29, 1995
(19306) Voves	October 12, 1996
(20139) 1996 QU	August 19, 1996
(43924) Martoni	February 22, 1996
Incomplete list

Antonio Vagnozzi (* 1950 ) is an Italian amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer.

He uses the Santa Lucia Stroncone Observatory for his observations . Between 1993 and 1999 he discovered a total of 45 asteroids . In addition to his work on asteroids, he has devoted himself to the systematic search for supernovae in recent years and is the co-discoverer of the supernova SN 1996ae .

The asteroid (7529) Vagnozzi was named after him.

literature

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers