Vittorio Goretti
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Vittorio Goretti was an Italian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his observatory OBS610 in Pianoro, on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy.
Vittorio Goretti is a retired teacher of physics and mathematics at secondary school level in Bologna. He has discovered 32 main-belt asteroids, all of them assigned permanent numbers. He is a member of the Cortina Astronomical Association and is also a collaborator with the Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory monitoring near-Earth Asteroids brighter than magnitude 18.0 V under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union at his own Pianoro Observatory.
The main-belt asteroid 7801 Goretti has been named in his honour. The official naming citation was published on 16 October 1997.
List of discovered minor planets
| 7437 Torricelli | 12 March 1994 | |
| 8885 Sette | 13 March 1994 | |
| 9232 Miretti | 31 January 1997 | |
| 10197 Senigalliesi | 18 October 1996 | |
| 10200 Quadri | 7 July 1997 | |
| 11121 Malpighi | 10 September 1996 | |
| 12035 Ruggieri | 1 February 1997 | |
| 15381 Spadolini | 1 September 1997 | |
| 16761 Hertz | 3 October 1996 | |
| 16766 Righi | 18 October 1996 | |
| 17652 Nepoti | 3 November 1996 | |
| 20081 Occhialini | 12 March 1994 |