Augusto Testa

**List of discovered asteroids : 30**
(7848) Bernasconi	February 22, 1996	[1]
(8111) Hoepli	April 2, 1995	[2]
(13777) Cielobuio	October 20, 1998	[1]
(14103) Manzoni	October 1, 1997	[3]
(17560) 1994 AD ₃	January 14, 1997	[4]
(17740) 1998 BC _19th	January 27, 1998	[5]
(18542) Broglio	December 29, 1996	[6]
(19287) Paronelli	February 22, 1996	[1]
(22500) 1997 OJ	July 26, 1997	[3]
(24861) 1996 DE ₁	February 22, 1996	[5]
(27855) Giorgilli	4th January 1995	[6]
(29424) 1997 BV ₄	January 29, 1997	[7]
(31244) 1998 DG ₁₁	February 19, 1996	[3]
(32941) 1995 UY ₄	October 25, 1995	[8th]
(33035) Pareschi	September 27, 1997	[1]
(33049) 1997 UF ₅	October 25, 1997	[3]
(37734) 1996 UR ₃	October 30, 1996	[2]
(39654) 1995 UP	October 19, 1995	[2]
(43993) Mariola	July 26, 1997	[3]
(48841) 1998 BB ₁₉	January 27, 1998	[5]
(69573) 1998 BQ ₂₆	January 28, 1998	[3]
(79472) 1998 AX ₄	January 6, 1998	[7]
(79847) 1998 XY ₂	December 7, 1998	[6]
(85433) 1997 CJ ₂₂	February 13, 1997	[1]
(97356) 2000 AY ₂₇	January 5, 2000	[7]
(100711) 1998 BD ₁₉	January 27, 1998	[5]
(120679) 1997 BW ₄	January 29, 1997	[7]
(185688) 1997 CC ₆	February 6, 1997	[1]
(185733) 1998 WW ₃₀	November 28, 1998	[1]
(219091) 1998 RF ₃	September 15, 1998	[3]
[1] with Marco Cavagna [2] with Valter Giuliani [3] with Piero Sicoli [4] with C. Gualdoni [5] with Pierangelo Ghezzi [6] with Francesco Manca [7] with Paolo Chiavenna [8] with Graziano Ventre

Augusto Testa (* 1950 ) is an Italian amateur astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

He works at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in Sormano and, together with colleagues, discovered a total of 30 asteroids .

The asteroid (11667) Testa 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 ]