Vittorio Goretti

**List of discovered asteroids : 31**
(7437) Torricelli	March 12, 1994	[1]
(8885) Sette	March 13, 1994	[2]
(9232) Miretti	January 31, 1997
(10197) Senigalliesi	October 18, 1996
(10200) Quadri	July 7, 1997
(11121) Malpighi	September 10, 1996
(12035) Ruggieri	February 1, 1997
(15381) Spadolini	September 1, 1997
(16761) Hertz	October 3, 1996
(16766) Righi	October 18, 1996
(17652) Nepoti	November 3, 1996
(20081) Occhialini	March 12, 1994	[2]
(21306) Marani	December 1, 1996
(24996) 1998 OD ₁	July 20, 1998	[3]
(25276) Dimai	November 15, 1998
(26917) Pianoro	September 15, 1996
(29457) Marcopolo	September 25, 1997
(33376) Medi	February 6, 1999
(39699) Ernestocorte	October 12, 1996
(42747) Fuser	September 21, 1998
(42748) Andrisani	September 21, 1998
(43999) Gramigna	August 31, 1997
(44005) Migliardi	September 25, 1997
(47038) Majoni	November 17, 1998
(48737) Cusinato	March 8, 1997
(58573) Serpieri	September 9, 1997
(70745) Aleserpieri	November 9, 1999
(79375) Valetti	March 16, 1997
(79826) 1998 WP ₂	November 17, 1998
(96217) Gronchi	September 14, 1993	[1]
(100553) 1997 GD	April 2, 1997
[1] with Andrea Boattini [2] with Maura Tombelli [3] with Luciano Tesi

Vittorio Goretti (born June 17, 1939 in San Cesario sul Panaro , † July 7, 2016 in Pianoro ) was an Italian amateur astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

Life

He taught physics and mathematics at a high school in Bologna for nearly 30 years .

He put his focus in astronomy on the observation and discovery of asteroids at his private observatory in Pianoro ( IAU code 610) in the province of Bologna .

In the period from 1996 to 1999, he and colleagues identified a total of 31 asteroids .

The asteroid (7801) Goretti was named after him.

Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th edition. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) ( preview on Google Book Search )