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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 (M.P.C. 31611).

List of discovered minor planets

See also

• List of minor planet discoverers § A. Vagnozzi
• Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory

References

1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
2. Marsden, B. G. (1994). "Asteroid and comet surveys". Astronomy from wide-field imaging: proceedings of the 161st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union. International Astronomical Union. p. 398. ISBN 9780792328797. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
3. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(7529) Vagnozzi". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7529) Vagnozzi. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 601–602. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6537. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
4. "SN 1996ae". Sternberg Astronomical Institute – Moscow University. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
5. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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