Giuseppe Forti

Minor planets discovered: 49 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Giuseppe Forti (December 21, 1939 – July 2, 2007) was an Italian astronomer and a discoverer of asteroids.

Forti was a trained solar physicist, and worked at Harvard's Radio Meteor Project and later at the Arcetri Observatory, in Florence, Italy.^[2] He was a member of the third IAU Division: Planetary Systems Sciences.^[3] The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 49 numbered minor planets during 1977–2001.^[1]

He died at the age of 67 on July 2, 2007.^[4] The main-belt asteroid 6876 Beppeforti, discovered by his colleges Andrea Boattini and Maura Tombelli at the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory in 1994, was named in his honor.^[2] Naming citation was published on 3 May 1996 (M.P.C. 27129).^[5]

List of discovered minor planets

10591 Caverni	August 13, 1996
10928 Caprara	January 25, 1998
11337 Sandro	August 10, 1996
11621 Duccio	August 15, 1996
12044 Fabbri	March 29, 1997
12928 Nicolapozio	September 30, 1999
14659 Gregoriana	January 15, 1999
14953 Bevilacqua	February 13, 1996
15004 Vallerani	December 7, 1997
15006 Samcristoforetti	February 27, 1998
(15098) 2000 AY₂	January 1, 2000
15360 Moncalvo	February 14, 1996
15418 Sergiospinelli	February 27, 1998
17019 Aldo	February 23, 1999
(18628) 1998 DJ₃₃	February 27, 1998
20200 Donbacky	February 28, 1997
(22517) 1998 DX₃₂	February 26, 1998

(26497) 2000 CS₁	February 3, 2000
(27005) 1998 DR₃₅	February 27, 1998
(27364) 2000 EJ₁₄	March 3, 2000
(29550) 1998 BE₄₄	January 25, 1998
(31153) 1997 UP₂₂	October 26, 1997
(33162) 1998 DT₃₅	February 27, 1998
(39871) 1998 DB₃₃ ^A	February 27, 1998
(39875) 1998 DS₃₅ ^A	February 27, 1998
42929 Francini ^C	October 8, 1999
46702 Linapucci ^A	February 28, 1997
(48381) 1977 SU₃ ^B	September 17, 1977
(48842) 1998 BA₄₄ ^A	January 25, 1998
49987 Bonata ^C	January 3, 2000
(53053) 1998 XH₉ ^A	December 12, 1998
58572 Romanella ^A	September 7, 1997
(58702) 1998 BX₄₃ ^A	January 25, 1998
58709 Zenocolò ^C	February 14, 1998

70744 Maffucci^C	November 9, 1999
82463 Mluigiaborsi^C	July 21, 2001
(82657) 2001 PA₁₄ ^B	August 14, 2001
(86195) 1999 ST₉ ^C	September 30, 1999
(108702) 2001 OX₁₆ ^A	July 21, 2001
(103249) 2000 AA₅ ^B	January 3, 2000
103421 Laurmatt ^C	January 6, 2000
108205 Baccipaolo ^C	April 26, 2001
(121770) 2000 AV₂ ^B	January 1, 2000
137082 Maurobachini ^C	December 12, 1998
(153468) 2001 RO₁₆ ^B	September 9, 2001
(192927) 2000 AH₆ ^B	January 3, 2000
(193818) 2001 QH ^C	August 16, 2001
(347537) 1999 YY₁₃ ^C	December 31, 1999
^A with M. Tombelli ^B with A. Boattini ^C with L. Tesi

Referencesedit

^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6876) Beppeforti". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6876) Beppeforti. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 563. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6157. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "Individual Members: Giuseppe Forti". IAU – International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ (in Italian) Obituary
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[springer-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6876) Beppeforti". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6876) Beppeforti. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 563. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6157. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[IAU-3] "Individual Members: Giuseppe Forti". IAU – International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[4] (in Italian) Obituary

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-5] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

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