Andrea Boattini
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| 7141 Bettarini
7141 Bettarini
7141 Bettarini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1994 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 7196 Baroni
7196 Baroni
7196 Baroni is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1994 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 7197 Pieroangela
7197 Pieroangela
7197 Pieroangela is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1994 by A. Boattini at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 7198 Montelupo
7198 Montelupo
7198 Montelupo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1994 by A. Boattini at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 7437 Torricelli
7437 Torricelli
7437 Torricelli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1994 by Vittorio Goretti at Cima Ekar. It is named after the Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli, inventor of the barometer, and after whom the torr unit of pressure is named.- External links :*...
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| 7481 San Marcello
7481 San Marcello
7481 San Marcello is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 11, 1994 by A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 7499 L'Aquila
7499 L'Aquila
7499 L'Aquila is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 24, 1996 by A. Boattini and A. Di Paola at Campo Imperatore.- External links :*...
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| 7599 Munari
7599 Munari
7599 Munari is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 3, 1994 by A. Boattini at San Marcello.- External links :*...
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| 7787 Annalaura
7787 Annalaura
7787 Annalaura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1994 by Tesi, L., Boattini, A. at San Marcello.- External links :*...
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| 7801 Goretti
7801 Goretti
7801 Goretti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 12, 1996 by Luciano Tesi and Andrea Boattini at San Marcello. It is named after the Italian amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of asteroids Vittorio Goretti.- External links :*...
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| 7957 Antonella
7957 Antonella
7957 Antonella is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 17, 1994 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 8558 Hack
8558 Hack
8558 Hack is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 1, 1995 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 9670 Magni
9670 Magni
9670 Magni is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 10, 1997 by A. Boattini at Campo Imperatore.- External links :*...
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| 9904 Mauratombelli
9904 Mauratombelli
9904 Mauratombelli is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.52 years.Discovered on July 29, 1997 by Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi working at the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory, it was given the provisional designation ""...
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| 10149 Cavagna
10149 Cavagna
10149 Cavagna is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 3, 1994 by Maura Tombelli and Andrea Boattini at the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese .- External links :*...
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| 10219 Penco
10219 Penco
10219 Penco is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1997 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 10371 Gigli
10371 Gigli
10371 Gigli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1995 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 10584 Ferrini
10584 Ferrini
10584 Ferrini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 14, 1996 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 10642 Charmaine
10642 Charmaine
10642 Charmaine is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1999 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 11595 Monsummano
11595 Monsummano
11595 Monsummano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 23, 1995 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 11605 Ranfagni
11605 Ranfagni
11605 Ranfagni is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 19, 1995 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 11622 Samuele
11622 Samuele
11622 Samuele is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1996 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 11667 Testa
11667 Testa
11667 Testa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 19, 1997 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 12399 Bartolini
12399 Bartolini
12399 Bartolini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1995 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese. It was named for Corrado Bartolini.- External links :*...
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| 12848 Agostino
12848 Agostino
12848 Agostino is a main belt asteroid discovered on July 10, 1997 by A. Boattini at Campo Imperatore.- External links :*...
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| 12928 Nicolapozio
12928 Nicolapozio
12928 Nicolapozio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1999 by A. Boattini and G. Forti at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 13150 Paolotesi
13150 Paolotesi
13150 Paolotesi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1995 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 13250 Danieladucato
13250 Danieladucato
13250 Danieladucato is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1998 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :...
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| 13798 Cecchini
13798 Cecchini
13798 Cecchini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 15, 1998 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at Pian dei Termini.- External links :*...
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| 14186 Virgiliofos
14186 Virgiliofos
14186 Virgiliofos is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2053.2693352 days . The asteroid was discovered on December 7, 1998....
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| 14568 Zanotta
14568 Zanotta
14568 Zanotta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1998 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 14919 Robertohaver
14919 Robertohaver
14919 Robertohaver is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1994 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese....
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| 14973 Rossirosina
14973 Rossirosina
14973 Rossirosina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1997 by A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 15041 Paperetti
15041 Paperetti
15041 Paperetti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1998 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 15460 Manca
15460 Manca
15460 Manca is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 25, 1998 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 15817 Lucianotesi
15817 Lucianotesi
15817 Lucianotesi is an Amor asteroid discovered on August 28, 1994 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.-References:...
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| 16154 Dabramo
16154 Dabramo
16154 Dabramo is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 2000 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 16672 Bedini
16672 Bedini
16672 Bedini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 17, 1994 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 16797 Wilkerson
16797 Wilkerson
16797 Wilkerson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1997 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 16879 Campai
16879 Campai
16879 Campai is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.6828106 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.0232758 and an orbital period of 1673.0937479 days .Cajigal has an average orbital speed of 17.93132161 km/s and an inclination of 7.11653°....
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| 17056 Boschetti
17056 Boschetti
17056 Boschetti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 6, 1999 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 17077 Pampaloni
17077 Pampaloni
17077 Pampaloni is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 25, 1999 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| (18431) 1994 BM || January 16, 1994
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| (18441) 1994 PE || August 5, 1994
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| 19528 Delloro
19528 Delloro
19528 Delloro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1999 by Germano D'Abramo and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 21269 Bechini
21269 Bechini
21269 Bechini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 6, 1996 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| || November 12, 1996
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| || November 13, 1996
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| 24818 Menichelli
24818 Menichelli
24818 Menichelli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1994 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 24969 Lucafini
24969 Lucafini
24969 Lucafini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1998 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 25301 Ambrofogar
25301 Ambrofogar
25301 Ambrofogar is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1998 by M. Tombelli and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.It takes his name from the famous Italian lone yachtsman Ambrogio Fogar.- External links :*...
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| 25602 Ucaronia
25602 Ucaronia
25602 Ucaronia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 2, 2000 by Andrea Boattini and Alfredo Caronia at Pian dei Termini.- External links :*...
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| 26356 Aventini
26356 Aventini
26356 Aventini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 26, 1998 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 26498 Dinotina
26498 Dinotina
26498 Dinotina is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on February 4, 2000 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at Pian dei Termini.- External links :*...
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| 26954 Skadiang
26954 Skadiang
26954 Skadiang is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 25, 1997 by A. Boattini at Campo Imperatore.- External links :*...
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| 27130 Dipaola
27130 Dipaola
27130 Dipaola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1998 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.- References :...
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| 27977 Distratis
27977 Distratis
27977 Distratis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1997 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.The body has been dedicated to Cosimo Distratis who built one of main observatories in Southern Italy just outside Uggiano Montefusco Manduria Taranto - External links :*...
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| 27983 Bernardi
27983 Bernardi
27983 Bernardi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1997 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| 29353 Manu
29353 Manu
29353 Manu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1995 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 29672 Salvo
29672 Salvo
29672 Salvo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 12, 1998 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 29705 Cialucy
29705 Cialucy
29705 Cialucy is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 26, 1998 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 29706 Simonetta
29706 Simonetta
29706 Simonetta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 25, 1998 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 29869 Chiarabarbara
29869 Chiarabarbara
29869 Chiarabarbara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1999 by A. Boattini and Germano D'Abramo at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 31414 Rotarysusa
31414 Rotarysusa
31414 Rotarysusa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1999 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 31458 Delrosso
31458 Delrosso
31458 Delrosso is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1999 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
|| February 15, 1999
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| 31605 Braschi
31605 Braschi
31605 Braschi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 10, 1999 by M. Tombelli and A. Boattini at Montelupo.-External links:*...
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| 32938 Ivanopaci
32938 Ivanopaci
32938 Ivanopaci is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 15, 1995 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
|| October 15, 1995
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| (33031) 1997 RX || September 1, 1997
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| 33532 Gabriellacoli
33532 Gabriellacoli
33532 Gabriellacoli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1999 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 34696 Risoldi
34696 Risoldi
Risoldi is a minor planet discovered on July 21, 2001 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese .-Origin of Name:The planet is named after Vairo Risoldi , an amateur astronomer at the S. Lucia Stroncone Observatory...
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| 34718 Cantagalli
34718 Cantagalli
34718 Cantagalli is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.8189219 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1234863 and an orbital period of 2108.0814532 days ....
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| 35461 Mazzucato
35461 Mazzucato
35461 Mazzucato is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 26, 1998 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 36446 Cinodapistoia
36446 Cinodapistoia
36446 Cinodapistoia is an asteroid, originally designated 2000 QV, discovered on August 22, 2000, by Luciano Tesi and Andrea Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese...
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| (37313) 2001 QC || August 16, 2001
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| 38020 Hannadam
38020 Hannadam
38020 Hannadam is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 17, 1998 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 39678 Ammannito
39678 Ammannito
39678 Ammannito is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 12, 1996 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello.- External links :*...
|| June 12, 1996
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| 43193 Secinaro
43193 Secinaro
43193 Secinaro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 2000 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 43882 Maurivicoli
43882 Maurivicoli
43882 Maurivicoli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1995 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| 46644 Lagia
46644 Lagia
46644 Lagia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 19, 1995 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello.- External links :*...
|| July 19, 1995
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| 46720 Pierostroppa
46720 Pierostroppa
46720 Pierostroppa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 13, 1997 by L. Tesi and A. Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese.- External links :*...
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| (49340) 1998 WG || November 16, 1998
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| (52426) 1994 PF || August 5, 1994
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| (54983) 2001 QE || August 16, 2001
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| 59417 Giocasilli
59417 Giocasilli
59417 Giocasilli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 5, 1999 by A. Boattini and L. Tesi at San Marcello.- External links :*...
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| (66250) 1999 GZ || April 4, 1999
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| 6876 Beppeforti
6876 Beppeforti
6876 Beppeforti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1994 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
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| (73885) 1997 EV || March 1, 1997
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| (89734) 2002 AH || January 4, 2002
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| (89735) 2002 AM || January 4, 2002
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| 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:*...
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| (99388) 2002 AL || January 4, 2002
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| 120040 Pagliarini
120040 Pagliarini
120040 Pagliarini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 2003 by A. Boattini and H. Scholl at La Silla.- External links :*...
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| (126161) 2002 AK || January 4, 2002
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- with M. TombelliMaura TombelliMaura Tombelli is an Italian astronomer who began her training in astronomy as an observer of variable stars. She is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.- Education and scientific career :...
- with V. GorettiVittorio GorettiVittorio Goretti is an Italian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids at his observatory in Pianoro, on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy., accessed 14 April 2011...
- with A. Di PaolaAndrea Di PaolaAndrea Di Paola is an Italian astronomer. He works at the Osservatorio astronomico di Roma.He has discovered a number of asteroids. The asteroid 27130 Dipaola is named in his honour.-References:...
- with Luciano TesiLuciano TesiLuciano Tesi is an Italian astronomer, and director of the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.-Asteroids discovered:-References:...
- with Giuseppe FortiGiuseppe FortiGiuseppe Forti was an Italian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He worked at the Arcetri Observatory, in Florence , and several others. He was a member of the third IAU Division: Planetary Systems Sciences. He died on July 2, 2007.- References :...
- with Germano D'Abramo
- with Fernando PedichiniFernando PedichiniFernando Pedichini is an Italian astronomer.He co-discovered asteroid 1996 VG6 with Andrea Boattini.- References :...
- with Alfredo Caronia
- with Aldo Di ClementeAldo Di ClementeAldo Di Clemente is an Italian amateur astronomer . He has worked as a technician at the Campo Imperatore station of the Osservatorio astronomico di Roma since 1982...
- with Vasco Cecchini
- with Hans SchollHans SchollHans Fritz Scholl was a founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany.-Biography:...
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Andrea Boattini (born September 16 1969) is an Italian astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
, a prolific discoverer of asteroid
Asteroid
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s and comet
Comet
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s.
After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna
University of Bologna
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with a thesis on near-Earth object
Near-Earth object
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s (NEOs). He is involved in various projects related to NEO follow-up and search programs, with special interest in the NEO class known as Atens
Aten asteroid
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. He currently works at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
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, University of Arizona
University of Arizona
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after many years spent at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche or National Research Council, is an Italian public organization set up to support scientific and technological research. Its headquarters are in Rome.-History:The institution was founded in 1923...
(CNR, National Research Council) and the Astronomical Observatory in Rome. Now he is working for the Catalina Sky Survey project in Tucson, Arizona (USA). Meanwhile, he also discovered the comets C/2007 W1
C/2007 W1
C/2007 W1 is a long-period comet discovered on 20 November 2007, by Andrea Boattini at the Mt. Lemmon Survey. At the peak the comet had an apparent magnitude around 5....
(Boattini), C/2008 J1 (Boattini), P/2008 O3 (Boattini), C/2008 S3 (Boattini), P/2008 T1 (Boattini), P/2008 Y1 (Boattini), P/2009 B1 (Boattini), C/2009 P2 (Boattini), P/2009 Q4 (Boattini), C/2009 W2 (Boattini), C/2010 F1 (Boattini), C/2010 G1 (Boattini) and accidentally rediscovered 206P/Barnard-Boattini during his work from Mount Lemmon Survey
Mount Lemmon Survey
Mount Lemmon Survey is a part of the Catalina Sky Survey with observatory code G96. Distance from rotation axis and height above equatorial plane : 0.8451 +0.5336. Longitude : 249.2083...
.
Asteroid 8925 Boattini
8925 Boattini
8925 Boattini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 1996 by M. Tombelli and U. Munari at Cima Ekar.- External links :*...
is named in his honour .