Mario Di Sora

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Discovered asteroids : 3
Number and name Discovery date
(39864) Poggiali February 26, 1998
(121019) Minodamato January 20, 1999
(212176) Fabriziospaziani April 8, 2005
all together with Franco Mallia

Mario Di Sora is an Italian amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer. He is a lawyer by profession and currently President of the Unione Astrofili Italiani .

Between 1998 and 2005 he discovered a total of 3 asteroids at the Campo Catino Observatory he founded , together with his colleague Franco Mallia .

The asteroid (21999) Disora was named after him on May 9, 2001.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers