Giuseppe Forti Explained

Minor planets discovered: 49 
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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. He was a member of the third IAU Division: Planetary Systems Sciences. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 49 numbered minor planets during 1977–2001.

He died at the age of 67 on July 2, 2007.[1] 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. Naming citation was published on 3 May 1996 .

List of discovered minor planets

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August 13, 1996
January 25, 1998
August 10, 1996
August 15, 1996
March 29, 1997
September 30, 1999
January 15, 1999
February 13, 1996
December 7, 1997
February 27, 1998
January 1, 2000
February 14, 1996
February 27, 1998
February 23, 1999
February 27, 1998
February 28, 1997
February 26, 1998
important;"
February 3, 2000
February 27, 1998
March 3, 2000
January 25, 1998
October 26, 1997
February 27, 1998
February 27, 1998
February 27, 1998
October 8, 1999
February 28, 1997
September 17, 1977
January 25, 1998
January 3, 2000
December 12, 1998
September 7, 1997
January 25, 1998
February 14, 1998
important;"
November 9, 1999
July 21, 2001
August 14, 2001
September 30, 1999
July 21, 2001
January 3, 2000
January 6, 2000
April 26, 2001
January 1, 2000
December 12, 1998
September 9, 2001
January 3, 2000
August 16, 2001
December 31, 1999
with M. Tombelli
with A. Boattini
with L. Tesi

Notes and References

  1. Obituary