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: 8

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1. with Andrea 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...
   
   

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Andrea Di Paola (born 1970) is an Italian

Italy

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 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...

. He works at the Osservatorio astronomico di Roma.

He has discovered a number of 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. The asteroid 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 :...

is named in his honour.

External links

• Asteroid (27130) Dipaola