Luciano Tesi


Luciano Tesi is an Italian veterinarian, amateur astronomer, discoverer of many minor planets, and director of the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory.
In 1980, he founded the "Amateur Group of Pistoiese Mountain". Later on, this resulted in the construction of the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory. As the director of the observatory, he has collaborated with many discoverers in following up near-Earth objects and in finding minor planets since 1994.
The near-Earth object and Amor asteroid, 15817 Lucianotesi, discovered by Andrea Boattini and Maura Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese in 1994, was named in his honor.

Discoveries

Luciano Tesi is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of many numbered minor planets since 1994 , mostly in collaboration with several other astronomers. Together with Giancarlo Fagioli, he also discovered the main-belt asteroid 280641 Edosara, which was erroneously credited to "T. esi" by the MPC. Co-discoveries made by Tesi/Fagioli appear as 3 separate records in the MPC's List of "Minor Planet Discoverers".

List of discovered minor planets

7787 Annalaura23 November 1994
7801 Goretti12 April 1996
8051 Pistoria13 August 1997
8558 Hack1 August 1995
9904 Mauratombelli29 July 1997
10219 Penco25 October 1997
10371 Gigli27 February 1995
10584 Ferrini14 April 1996
10642 Charmaine19 January 1999
11102 Bertorighini26 September 1995
11359 Piteglio27 January 1998
11595 Monsummano23 May 1995
11605 Ranfagni19 October 1995
11622 Samuele9 September 1996
11625 Francelinda20 October 1996
11667 Testa19 October 1997
12399 Bartolini19 July 1995
12840 Paolaferrari6 April 1997
12927 Pinocchio30 September 1999
13150 Paolotesi23 March 1995
13200 Romagnani13 March 1997
13223 Cenaceneri13 August 1997
13250 Danieladucato19 July 1998
13704 Aletesi13 August 1998
13798 Cecchini15 November 1998

27977 Distratis25 October 1997
29353 Manu19 July 1995
29443 Remocorti13 July 1997
29672 Salvo12 December 1998
29705 Cialucy26 December 1998
29706 Simonetta25 December 1998
31414 Rotarysusa14 January 1999
31458 Delrosso15 February 1999
32938 Ivanopaci15 October 1995
33010 Enricoprosperi11 March 1997
33480 Bartolucci4 April 1999
33532 Gabriellacoli18 April 1999
34716 Guzzo14 August 2001
34717 Mirkovilli14 August 2001
34718 Cantagalli14 August 2001
35358 Lorifini27 September 1997
35461 Mazzucato26 February 1998
36446 Cinodapistoia22 August 2000
38020 Hannadam17 June 1998
39678 Ammannito12 June 1996
39748 Guccini28 January 1997
39849 Giampieri13 February 1998
42523 Ragazzileonardo6 March 1994
42614 Ubaldina2 March 1998
42929 Francini8 October 1999

71489 Dynamocamp4 February 2000
29 November 1999
4 February 2000
22 April 2001
79212 Martadigrazia6 March 1994
20 July 1998
80008 Danielarhodes4 April 1999
21 July 2001
82463 Mluigiaborsi21 July 2001
82638 Bottariclaudio7 August 2001
82927 Ferrucci25 August 2001
13 March 1997
86195 Cireglio30 September 1999
1 January 2000
2 January 2000
89735 Tommei4 January 2002
20 July 1998
91214 Diclemente23 December 1998
5 November 1999
92279 Bindiluca22 February 2000
21 November 2001
99389 Marconovi5 January 2002
13 February 1998
100897 Piatra Neamt5 May 1998
25 December 1998

1 February 1995
23 October 1995
21 July 2001
13 August 2001
191582 Kikadolfi20 December 2003
6 December 1998
193818 Polidoro16 August 2001
198616 Lucabracali14 January 2005
15 January 1997
207657 Mangiantini1 August 2007
2 March 2000
210414 Gebartolomei3 December 2007
214715 Silvanofuso10 October 2006
214953 Giugavazzi29 November 2007
216345 Savigliano4 December 2007
7 February 2002
234026 Unioneastrofili23 September 1998
235999 Bucciantini4 April 2005
236784 Livorno12 August 2007
8 October 1999
29 July 1997
13 August 2001
248866 Margherita17 October 2006
280641 Edosara6 January 2005
280652 Aimaku2 February 2005
283057 Casteldipiazza24 July 2008