Marco Cavagna
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| 7848 Bernasconi
7848 Bernasconi
7848 Bernasconi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1996 by Cavagna, M., Testa, A. at Sormano.- External links :*...
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| 8106 Carpino
8106 Carpino
8106 Carpino is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 23, 1994 by M. Cavagna and P. Sicoli at Sormano.- External links :*...
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| 8935 Beccaria
8935 Beccaria
8935 Beccaria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 11, 1997 by P. Sicoli and M. Cavagna at Sormano.- External links :*...
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| 13777 Cielobuio
13777 Cielobuio
13777 Cielobuio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1998 by M. Cavagna and A. Testa at Sormano.It is named in honor of CieloBuio, an Italian association that promotes studies, technical solutions, laws and regulations to protect the darkness of the night sky.- External links :*...
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| 16682 Donati
16682 Donati
16682 Donati is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1994 by M. Cavagna and V. Giuliani at Sormano.- External links :*...
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| 19287 Paronelli
19287 Paronelli
19287 Paronelli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 22, 1996 by M. Cavagna and A. Testa at Sormano.- External links :*...
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| (23571) 1995 AB || January 1, 1995
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| 35316 Monella
35316 Monella
35316 Monella is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 11, 1997 by P. Sicoli and M. Cavagna at Sormano.- External links :*...
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| || November 8, 1996
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| || November 18, 1998
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- with Valter Giuliani
- with Augusto Testa
- with Piero SicoliPiero SicoliPiero Sicoli is an Italian astronomer who works at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory as an Observatory Coordinator, responsible for close encounter computation of Near-Earth asteroids , orbit computations, and observations. The Observatory's focus is the examination and tracking of Solar System...
- with Francesco MancaFrancesco MancaFrancesco Manca is an Italian astronomer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy with observational experience on the research of Near Earth Objects in professional observatories in Arizona...
- with Emanuela Galliani
- with Paolo ChiavennaPaolo ChiavennaPaolo Chiavenna is an Italian astronomer who is active at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in the north Italian province of Como. The observatory was founded in 1987 and is a member of the GIA , an Italian association of amateur astronomers who specialize in the observation of minor bodies...
- with Pierangelo Ghezzi
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Marco Cavagna (1958 – August 9, 2005) was an Italian amateur 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...
.
During his career, Cavagna discovered numerous 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, operating from the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano (Sormano
Sormano
Sormano is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Como....
Astronomical Observatory) in Italy. In addition, one asteroid, 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 :*...
, has been named after him in 1999.
Cavagna died of a stroke on August 9, 2005. Plans are underway to name a new telescope in Sormano Observatory after him.