Italian astronomer
Minor planets discovered: 11 [ 1]
7499 L'Aquila
July 24, 1996
MPC [A]
(10589) 1996 OM2
July 23, 1996
MPC [A]
(10590) 1996 OP2
July 24, 1996
MPC [A]
11620 Susanagordon
July 23, 1996
MPC [A]
(21337) 1997 BN9
January 17, 1997
MPC [A]
22451 Tymothycoons
November 13, 1996
MPC [A]
(46673) 1996 OL2
July 23, 1996
MPC [A]
(65845) 1997 AK22
January 14, 1997
MPC [A]
(100514) 1997 AB24
January 15, 1997
MPC [A]
(100515) 1997 AM24
January 15, 1997
MPC [A]
(257513) 1997 AJ24
January 15, 1997
MPC [A]
A with A. Boattini
Andrea Di Paola (born 1970) is an Italian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets .
He works at the Rome Observatory and has been significantly involved in the CINEOS project.[ 2] He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the co-discovery of 11 numbered minor planets during 1996–1997, all made in collaboration with Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini .[ 1]
The main-belt asteroid 27130 Dipaola , discovered by Andrea Boattini and Maura Tombelli in 1998, is named in his honour.[ 2] Naming citation was published on 6 August 2003 (M.P.C. 49282 ).[ 3]
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