Name Giuseppe Forti Role Astronomer | Died July 2, 2007 | |
Discovered 11337 Sandro, (22517) 1998 DX32, 11621 Duccio People also search for Maura Tombelli, Andrea Boattini, Luciano Tesi | ||
TUTORIAL KICAD 4AET2009 2010 Prof FERRARO GIUSEPPE Forti Michele PARTE 1
Giuseppe Forti (December 21, 1939 – July 2, 2007) was an Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.
Forti was a trained solar physicist, and worked at Harvard's Radio Meteor Project and later at the Arcetri Observatory, in Florence, Italy. He was a member of the third IAU Division: Planetary Systems Sciences. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 49 numbered minor planets during 1977–2001.
He died at the age of 67 on July 2, 2007. The main-belt asteroid 6876 Beppeforti, discovered by his colleges Andrea Boattini and Maura Tombelli at the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory in 1994, was named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 3 May 1996 (M.P.C. 27129).
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