Franco Mallia

Discovered asteroids : 11
Number and name	Discovery date
(20513) Lazio	September 10, 1999	[1]
(21795) Masi	September 29, 1999
(21799) Ciociaria	October 1, 1999	[1]
(21999) Disora	December 7, 1999
(39864) Poggiali	February 26, 1998	[2]
(73453) Ninomanfredi	July 13, 2002	[1]
(74625) Tieproject	September 10, 1999	[1]
(79641) 1998 SY 2	September 19, 1998	[1]
(121019) Minodamato	January 20, 1999	[2]
(127689) Doncapone	March 5, 2003	[3]
(152188) Morricone	August 27, 2005	[4]
[1] together with Gianluca Masi [2] together with Mario Di Sora [3] together with Ugo Tagliaferri [4] together with Alain Maury

Franco Mallia (* 1961) is an Italian astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

Between 1998 and 2005 he discovered a total of 11 asteroids at the Campo Catino Observatory , sometimes together with colleagues.

On November 12, 2004, together with Gianluca Masi and Roger Wilcox , he succeeded in proving that the asteroid, recently discovered by Robert McNaught under the name 2004 TU12 , is actually a periodic comet .

The asteroid (21685) Francomallia has been named after him since 2001.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
2. ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 42679