Guido Pizarro

**List of discovered asteroids : 8**
(2567) Elba ¹	May 19, 1979
(4060) Deipylos ²	17th December 1987
(7082) La Serena ²	17th December 1987
(7968) Elst-Pizarro ²	July 14, 1996
(12238) Actor ²	17th December 1987
(12687) de Valory ²	17th December 1987
(19128) 1987 YR ₁²	17th December 1987
(21003) 1987 YV ₁²	17th December 1987
¹ together with Oscar Pizarro ² together with Eric Walter Elst

Guido Pizarro is a Chilean astronomer and asteroid explorer.

Pizarro was working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) when he took a picture in the constellation microscope on September 24, 1975 as part of a mapping project for the southern sky . On this photo plate Richard Martin West discovered the first trace of the Great Comet C / 1975 V1 (West) on November 5th .

Between 1979 and 1996 Pizarro discovered a total of eight asteroids at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) , most of them together with Eric Walter Elst .

He is the co-discoverer of the asteroid (7968) Elst-Pizarro , which shows a comet-like behavior and is therefore also listed with the number 133P / Elst-Pizarro.

Honors

The asteroid (4609) Pizarro was named after him and his brother Oscar , with whom he works at the La Silla Observatory.

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

Individual evidence

^ Gary W. Kronk , Maik Meyer : Cometography - A Catalog of Comets. Volume 5: 1960-1982 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-87226-3 , p. 477.
^ Minor Planet Discoverers

personal data
SURNAME	Pizarro, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chilean astronomer and asteroid explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Gary W. Kronk , Maik Meyer : Cometography - A Catalog of Comets. Volume 5: 1960-1982 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-87226-3 , p. 477.

[2] Minor Planet Discoverers