Antonio Vagnozzi


see

Antonio Vagnozzi is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.

Astronomical career

Vagnozzi is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 46 minor planets during 1993–1999. In 1993, he was Italy's first amateur astronomer to discover a minor planet using a CCD camera..
He also searches for supernovae and is a co-discoverer of SN 1996ae.

Awards and honors

The main-belt asteroid 7529 Vagnozzi was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 11 April 1998.

List of discovered minor planets

5609 Stroncone22 March 1993
5654 Terni20 May 1993
6417 Liberati4 December 1993
8943 Stefanozavka30 January 1997
10208 Germanicus30 August 1997
12358 Azzurra22 September 1993
14077 Volfango9 August 1996
15391 Steliomancinelli3 October 1997
17547 Nestebovelli21 September 1993
19262 Lucarubini29 July 1995

44368 Andreafrigo22 September 1998
22 September 1995
28 November 1995
21 February 1995
2 April 1994
6 November 1996
30 September 1996
15 January 1994
16 January 1996
22 March 1993

14 September 1996
24 July 1993
4 March 1994
11 September 1993
31 October 1996
6 November 1996
10 August 1993