Pierre Antonini

Asteroids Discovered : 35
Number and name	Discovery date
(10925) Ventoux	January 28, 1998
(11147) Delmas	December 6, 1997
(11675) Billboyle	February 15, 1998
(13411) OLRAP	October 31, 1999
(14533) Roy	August 24, 1997
(15899) Silvain	September 3, 1997
(16892) Vaissière	February 17, 1998
(20242) Sagot	February 27, 1998
(23784) 1998 QW 15	August 22, 1998
(24170) 1999 WB 13	November 29, 1999
(26206) 1997 PJ 4	August 11, 1997
(26961) 1997 OY 1	July 29, 1997
(26979) 1997 UR 9	October 29, 1997
(28021) 1998 BP 6	January 22, 1998
(29677) 1998 XL 17	December 15, 1998
(31223) 1998 BJ 30	January 28, 1998
(31255) 1998 DL 27	February 27, 1998
(33094) 1997 YG 5	December 23, 1997
(35675) 1998 XK 17	December 15, 1998
(37838) 1998 DF	February 17, 1998
(39868) 1998 DM 27	February 27, 1998
(40765) 1999 TF 16	October 10, 1999
(41207) 1999 WK 9	November 29, 1999
(46772) 1998 HD 8	April 21, 1998
(52585) 1997 ON 2	July 29, 1997
(58669) 1997 YF 5	December 20, 1997
(65892) 1998 BH 30	January 28, 1998
(66849) 1999 VM 8	November 4, 1999
(74378) 1998 XH 11	December 8, 1998
(79426) 1997 QZ	August 24, 1997
(90983) 1997 XU 5	December 6, 1997
(96343) 1997 RS 1	September 3, 1997
(100546) 1997 EU 32	March 13, 1997
(100977) 1998 QJ 26	August 25, 1998
(155437) 1998 DE	February 17, 1998

Pierre Antonini is a French amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer. The retired mathematics professor uses his private observatory equipped with a 30 cm telescope ( IAU code 132) in Bédoin in the Vaucluse department to observe asteroids and supernovae .

During his observations between 1997 and 1999 he discovered a total of 35 asteroids as well as the two supernovae SN 2000B and SN 2001dd .

The asteroid (12580) Antonini was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers