Francesco Manca
Encyclopedia
Francesco Manca is an Italian
astronomer
.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
s at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy with observational experience on the research of Near Earth Objects in professional observatories in Arizona. Non-observational work focuses on computations of close approaches of asteroids with the Earth ( linked at Near Earth Object Program at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
)and orbit
identifications of asteroids and comets. He wrote many articles on specialistic magazines. Member of SIMCA (Società Italiana Meccanica Celeste e Astrodinamica). His professional activity concerns the application of measuring systems encoders installed on telescopes and Radio telescopes such as the VLT
, LBT
and ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array
). The asteroid 15460 Manca
is named in his honour.
IAUC 9102 : COMET P/2009 W1 (Hill)
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2009-H16 : PHA 1990 UA = 2009 FJ44
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2008-G29 : PHA 2005 GY8 = 2008 FG5
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2010-G51 : PHA 1998 WB2 = 2010 GJ7
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 is a prolific discoverer 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 at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy with observational experience on the research of Near Earth Objects in professional observatories in Arizona. Non-observational work focuses on computations of close approaches of asteroids with the Earth ( linked at Near Earth Object Program at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
)and orbit
Orbit
In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System...
identifications of asteroids and comets. He wrote many articles on specialistic magazines. Member of SIMCA (Società Italiana Meccanica Celeste e Astrodinamica). His professional activity concerns the application of measuring systems encoders installed on telescopes and Radio telescopes such as the VLT
VLT
VLT may stand for:* Very Large Telescope, a system of four large optical telescopes organized in an array formation, located in northern Chile...
, LBT
Large Binocular Telescope
Large Binocular Telescope is an optical telescope for astronomy located on Mount Graham in the Pinaleno Mountains of southeastern Arizona, and is a part of the Mount Graham International Observatory...
and ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Atacama Large Millimeter Array
The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array is an array of radio telescopes in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Since a high and dry site is crucial to millimeter wavelength operations, the array is being constructed on the Chajnantor plateau at 5000 metres altitude...
). The asteroid 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 :*...
is named in his honour.
Publications
- "Asteroid and Planet Close Encounters", Minor Planet Bulletin, ( 1999 F. Manca, P. Sicoli )
- "Monitoring Hazardous Objects", Proceedings of the Third Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, ( 2000 F. Manca, P. Sicoli )
- "Planetary Close Encounters", Proceedings of the Fourth Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, ( 2002 F. Manca, P. Sicoli )
- "Minor planet recovery: analysis and verification of data obtained by OrbFit and Edipo software", Proceedings of the Fifth Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, ( 2003 F. Manca, A. Testa, M. Carpino)
See also
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2009-Y21 : COMET P/2009 W1 (Hill)IAUC 9102 : COMET P/2009 W1 (Hill)
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2009-H16 : PHA 1990 UA = 2009 FJ44
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2008-G29 : PHA 2005 GY8 = 2008 FG5
Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2010-G51 : PHA 1998 WB2 = 2010 GJ7