Minor planet Minor planet An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid... s discovered: 15

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| 11145 Emanuelli

11145 Emanuelli

11145 Emanuelli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1997 by P. Sicoli and P. Chiavenna at Sormano.- External links :*...

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| 15379 Alefranz

15379 Alefranz

15379 Alefranz is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1997 by P. Sicoli and P. Chiavenna at Sormano. It is named after the Milanese comedy duo Ale e Franz, long-time friends of the aforementioned Chiavenna.- External links :*...

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| (35270) 1996 RL || September 7, 1996
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| (37706) 1996 RN || September 8, 1996
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1. with Francesco Manca
   Francesco Manca
   Francesco 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...
   
   
2. with Piero Sicoli
   Piero Sicoli
   Piero 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...
   
   
3. with Valter Giuliani
4. with Augusto Testa
5. with Marco Cavagna
   Marco Cavagna
   Marco Cavagna was an Italian amateur astronomer.During his career, Cavagna discovered numerous asteroids, operating from the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano in Italy. In addition, one asteroid, 10149 Cavagna, has been named after him in 1999.Cavagna died of a stroke on August 9, 2005...
   
   

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Paolo Chiavenna is an Italian astronomer

Astronomer

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 who is active at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in the north Italian

Italy

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 province of Como

Province of Como

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. The observatory was founded in 1987 and is a member of the GIA (Gruppo Italiano Astrometristi), an Italian association of amateur astronomers who specialize in the observation of minor bodies. Chiavenna’s activities there include photography, software development and observation, during the course of which he has discovered a number of asteroid

Asteroid

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