Asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s discovered: 1

	May 20, 1996
with A. Boattini Andrea Boattini Andrea Boattini is an Italian astronomer, a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets.After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna with a thesis on near-Earth objects...

Aldo Di Clemente (born 1948) is an Italian amateur astronomer (active 1996–1997). He has worked as a technician

Technician

A technician is a worker in a field of technology who is proficient in the relevant skills and techniques, with a relatively practical understanding of the theoretical principles. Experienced technicians in a specific tool domain typically have intermediate understanding of theory and expert...

 at the Campo Imperatore station of the Osservatorio astronomico di Roma (Astronomical Observatory of Rome) since 1982. His assistance was valuable in conducting the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey

Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey

The CINEOS program , started in 2001, is dedicated to the discovery and follow-up of Near Earth objects, namely asteroids and comets which periodically approach or intersect the Earth's orbit....

 (CINEOS).

The asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 91214 Diclemente

91214 Diclemente

91214 DiClemente is an asteroid. It was discovered by Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi on December 23, 1998. Its provisional designation was 1998 YB10. It was named after Aldo Di Clemente.-External links:*...

is named in his honour.