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Giovanni de Sanctis (born 1949) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino (Astronomical Observatory of Turin) in Turin, Italy. His name is sometimes spelt DeSanctis, particularly in the Minor Planet Circulars. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 42 numbered minor planets, most of which he discovered at ESO's La Silla site in northern Chile in the early 1980s.

The Vestian asteroid 3268 De Sanctis was named by Henri Debehogne in honor of his co-discoverer. Naming citation was published on 22 June 1986 (M.P.C. 10849).

List of discovered minor planets

References

1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3268) DeSanctis". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3268) DeSanctis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 272. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3269. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. "3268 De Sanctis (1981 DD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
4. "LCDB Data for (3268) De Sanctis". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 16 June 2016.
5. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

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