Gianluca Masi

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Discovered asteroids : 23
Surname discovery
(10931) Ceccano February 16, 1998
(20433) Prestinenza February 14, 1999
(20513) Lazio 1 September 10, 1999
(21661) Olgagermani September 1, 1999
(21685) Francomallia September 11, 1999
(21799) Ciociaria 1 October 1, 1999
(21999) Disora December 7, 1999
(40409) Taichikato September 6, 1999
(49501) Basso February 13, 1999
(66458) Roma Planetary August 22, 1999
(73453) Ninomanfredi 1 July 13, 2002
(74625) Tieproject 1 September 10, 1999
(79641) 1998 SY 2 1 September 19, 1998
(98722) Elenaumberto December 22, 2000
(101902) Gisellaluccone September 3, 1999
(145820) Valeromeo October 15, 1998
(243637) 1999 Item 10 October 8, 1999
(269762) 1999 part 4 4th October 1999
1 together with Franco Mallia
2 together with R. Michelsen
Vincent Van Gogh saw the starry sky between September 20 and 30, 1888. In 2007, Gianluca Masi calculated the date on the basis of the star constellation.

Gianluca Masi (* 1972 ) is an Italian amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer.

He has worked at the Astronomical Observatory of Campo Catino since 1988 . He makes his current observations at the Osservatorio Astronomico Bellatrix in Ceccano, founded in 1997 .

On August 1, 1997, Masi discovered a variable star near the Dumbbell Nebula (M 27).

Between 1998 and 2003 he discovered a total of 23 asteroids , some of them together with Franco Mallia and R. Michelsen .

In 2006 he started the "Virtual Telescope project", which more than 120,000 people use annually to virtually view events and objects in the sky. The system consists of various automatic telescopes that are available in real time on the Internet.

In September 2007, by comparing the star constellations, he succeeded in determining the days between September 20 and 30, 1888 as the point in time that Vincent van Gogh had recorded in his painting Starry Night over the Rhone .

The asteroid (21795) Masi was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coordinates and images of variable star
  2. ↑ see note on 21795 Masi
  3. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
  4. ↑ Virtual Telescope project
  5. ^ Nelle stelle la storia di un quadro "Van Gogh lo ha dipinto così" (La Repubblica September 28, 2007) (ital.)
  6. ↑ 21795 Masi (1999 SN9)

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personal data
SURNAME Masi, Gianluca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian astronomer and asteroid explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 1972