Vittorio Goretti
{{Short description|Italian astronomer}}
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Vittorio Goretti (born 1939 – 7 July 2016) was an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his observatory in Pianoro, on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cortinastelle.eu/single-post/2016/07/09/Vittorio-Goretti-19392016|title = Cortinastelle}}
Vittorio Goretti is a retired teacher of physics and mathematics at secondary school level in Bologna. name="AAC - Goretti"/> He has discovered 32 main-belt asteroids, all of them assigned permanent numbers. He is a member of the Cortina Astronomical Association (Associazione Astronomica Cortina) and is also a collaborator with the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory monitoring near-Earth Asteroids brighter than magnitude 18.0 V under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union at his own Pianoro Observatory (MPC Observatory 610). The main-belt asteroid 7801 Goretti has been named in his honour. The official naming citation was published on 16 October 1997 ({{small|M.P.C. {{MoMP|7801|30803}}}}).
List of discovered minor planets
{{See also|Category:Discoveries by Vittorio Goretti}}
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| 7437 Torricelli | 12 March 1994 | {{small|{{LoMP|7437|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A |
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| 8885 Sette || 13 March 1994|| {{small|{{LoMP|8885|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|B|}}
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| 9232 Miretti || 31 January 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|9232|list}}}}
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| 10197 Senigalliesi || 18 October 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|10197|list}}}}
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| 10200 Quadri || 7 July 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|10200|list}}}}
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| 11121 Malpighi || 10 September 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|11121|list}}}}
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| 12035 Ruggieri || 1 February 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|12035|list}}}}
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| 15381 Spadolini || 1 September 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|15381|list}}}}
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| 16761 Hertz || 3 October 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|16761|list}}}}
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| 16766 Righi || 18 October 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|16766|list}}}}
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| 17652 Nepoti || 3 November 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|17652|list}}}}
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| 20081 Occhialini || 12 March 1994|| {{small|{{LoMP|20081|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|B|}}
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| 21306 Marani | 1 December 1996 | {{small|{{LoMP|21306|list}}}} |
| {{mp|(24996) 1998 OD|1}} | 20 July 1998 | {{small|{{LoMP|24996|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|C |
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| 25276 Dimai || 15 November 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|25276|list}}}}
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| 26917 Pianoro || 15 September 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|26917|list}}}}
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| 29457 Marcopolo || 25 September 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|29457|list}}}}
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| 33376 Medi || 6 February 1999|| {{small|{{LoMP|33376|list}}}}
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| 39699 Ernestocorte || 12 October 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|39699|list}}}}
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| 42747 Fuser || 21 September 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|42747|list}}}}
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| 42748 Andrisani || 21 September 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|42748|list}}}}
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| 43999 Gramigna || 31 August 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|43999|list}}}}
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| 44005 Migliardi || 25 September 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|44005|list}}}}
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| 47038 Majoni || 17 November 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|47038|list}}}}
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| 48737 Cusinato | 8 March 1997 | {{small|{{LoMP|48737|list}}}} |
| 58573 Serpieri | 9 September 1997 | {{small|{{LoMP|58573|list}}}} |
| 70745 Aleserpieri | 9 November 1999 | {{small|{{LoMP|70745|list}}}} |
| 79375 Valetti | 16 March 1997 | {{small|{{LoMP|79375|list}}}} |
| 79826 Finardi | 17 November 1998 | {{small|{{LoMP|79826|list}}}} |
| 96217 Gronchi | 14 September 1993 | {{small|{{LoMP|96217|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A |
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| 100553 Dariofo || 2 April 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|100553|list}}}}
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| {{mp|(382412) 1997 SZ|3}} || 25 September 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|382412|list}}}}
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! colspan=3 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; padding: 4px 0 22px 12px;" |Co-discovery made with:
{{note label|codisc|A|}} A. Boattini
{{note label|codisc|B|}} M. Tombelli
{{note label|codisc|C|}} L. Tesi
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References
{{reflist
|refs=
|title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
|date = 4 September 2016
|access-date = 12 November 2016}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7801) Goretti
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 616
|date = 2007
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6684 |chapter = (7801) Goretti }}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 18 July 2016}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.cortinastelle.it/vittorio-goretti.htm Vittorio Goretti photograph at Associazione Astronomica Cortina website], accessed 14 April 2011
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Category:Discoverers of asteroids