Antonio Vagnozzi

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Antonio Vagnozzi (born 1950) is an amateur Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.

Astronomical career Vagnozzi is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of 46 minor planets during 1993–1999. In 1993, he was Italy's first amateur astronomer (and the second discoverer worldwide) to discover a minor planet using a CCD camera. (The first numbered CCD-based discovery was 4255 Spacewatch, which was discovered by the Spacewatch project in 1986).

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 Stroncone 22 March 1993 5654 Terni 20 May 1993 6417 Liberati 4 December 1993 8943 Stefanozavka 30 January 1997 10208 Germanicus 30 August 1997 12358 Azzurra 22 September 1993 14077 Volfango 9 August 1996 15391 Steliomancinelli 3 October 1997 17547 Nestebovelli 21 September 1993 19262 Lucarubini 29 July 1995 20139 Marianeschi 19 August 1996 21160 Saveriolombardi 10 October 1993 21189 Robertonesci 3 May 1994 21190 Martamaffei 10 May 1994 31 October 1996 24137 Torre del Lago 9 November 1999 29 May 1995 29 May 1995 21 March 1996 43924 Martoni 22 February 1996 44368 Andreafrigo 22 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 8 March 1994 23 February 1996 12 January 1994 29 January 1994 9 March 1994 14 October 1995 22 February 1996 9 July 1993 24 July 1993 10 October 1993 14 September 1996 24 July 1993 4 March 1994 11 September 1993 31 October 1996 6 November 1996 10 August 1993

Antonio Vagnozzi

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