Vincenzo Silvano Casulli Explained

Minor planets discovered: 194 
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Vincenzo Silvano Casulli, usually known as Silvano Casulli (25 August 1944  - 24 July 2018[1]) was an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his Vallemare di Borbona Observatory in Lazio.

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 192 minor planets. In 1985 he served on a team involved in using the Hubble Space Telescope in a study that focused on Transition Comets—UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids. He was the first amateur astronomer to obtain precise astronometric positions of minor planets using a CCD camera. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

In 1997, the inner main-belt asteroid and member of the Flora family, 7132 Casulli, was named by astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi in his honor .

Discoveries

9121 Stefanovalentini

On 24 February 1998, he discovered 9121 Stefanovalentini at the Italian Colleverde Observatory. It is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the main-belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. Casulli also obtained a light-curve from photometric observations and determined a period of 11.84 hours for the body's rotation. He named it in honour of amateur astronomer Stefano Valentini.

93061 Barbagallo

Together with Italian astronomer Ermes Colombini and others, he co-discovered the asteroid 93061 Barbagallo on 23 September 2000. The group-discovery is credited to the discovering observatory, Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna. The asteroid was named after Mariano Barbagallo, an Italian colleague and friend of Colombini.

List of discovered minor planets

6339 Giliberti 20 September 1993
6530 Adry 12 April 1994
6877 Giada 10 October 1994
6929 Misto 31 October 1994
7600 Vacchi 9 September 1994
7665 Putignano 11 October 1994
7961 Ercolepoli 10 October 1994
8569 Mameli 1 October 1996
8716 Ginestra 23 September 1995
8742 Bonazzoli 14 February 1998
9121 Stefanovalentini 24 February 1998
10386 Romulus 12 October 1996
11142 Facchini 7 January 1997
11328 Mariotozzi 19 October 1995
11578 Cimabue 4 March 1994
12384 Luigimartella 10 October 1994
13197 Pontecorvo 17 February 1997
13653 Priscus 9 February 1997
13684 Borbona 27 August 1997
14088 Ancus 3 May 1997
14498 Bernini 28 February 1995
15007 Edoardopozio 5 July 1998
15353 Meucci 22 November 1994
15854 Numa 15 February 1996
15869 Tullius 8 August 1996
16770 Angkor Wat 30 October 1996
17556 Pierofrancesca 16 November 1993
17649 Brunorossi 17 October 1996
18169 Amaldi 20 August 2000
18509 Bellini 14 September 1996
18596 Superbus 21 January 1998
21219 Mascagni 28 November 1994
21311 Servius 4 December 1996
23564 Ungaretti 6 November 1994
24826 Pascoli 22 August 1995
24946 Foscolo 1 July 1997
25312 Asiapossenti 22 December 1998
29347 Natta 5 March 1995
29361 Botticelli 9 February 1996
29428 Ettoremajorana 31 March 1997
29449 Taharbenjelloun 29 August 1997
29470 Higgs 26 October 1997
31319 Vespucci 20 April 1998
31429 Diegoazzaro 21 January 1999
32891 Amatrice 9 February 1994
32911 Cervara 4 November 1994
32945 Lecce 24 November 1995
32987 Uyuni 4 December 1996
33002 Everest 17 February 1997
35295 Omo 1 November 1996
37627 Lucaparmitano 11 October 1993
37640 Luiginegrelli 20 November 1993
37683 Gustaveeiffel 19 May 1995
37735 Riccardomuti 1 November 1996
40134 Marsili 27 August 1998
42585 Pheidippides 30 March 1997
43935 Danshechtman 1 October 1996
18 September 1998
48720 Enricomentana 29 September 1996
50866 Davidesprizzi 1 April 2000
51915 Andry 20 August 2001
52558 Pigafetta 27 March 1997
19 September 1998
56038 Jackmapanje 7 December 1998
58417 Belzoni 25 January 1996
58495 Hajin 19 October 1996
58498 Octaviopaz 2 November 1996
65785 Carlafracci 26 October 1995
65821 De Curtis 30 October 1996
69460 Christibarnard 17 October 1996
69500 Ginobartali 6 February 1997
73872 Stefanoragazzi 7 January 1997
73891 Pietromennea 10 March 1997
75225 Corradoaugias 27 November 1999
83657 Albertosordi 12 October 2001
85267 Taj Mahal 12 January 1994
26 February 1998
90806 Rudaki 4 January 1995
100292 Harmandir 28 February 1995
12 September 1996
100456 Chichn Itza 2 October 1996
100731 Ara Pacis 18 February 1998
117093 Umbria 12 July 2004
17 August 1995
129555 Armazones 30 October 1996
134369 Sahara 17 August 1995
145962 Lacchini 29 December 1999
152227 Argoli 24 September 2005
160105 Gobi 26 September 2000
168261 Puglia 15 August 2006
173094 Wielicki 14 October 2007
181241 Dipasquale 28 October 2005
184620 Pippobattaglia 10 September 2005
185039 Alessiapossenti 30 August 2006
185321 Kammerlander 10 November 2006
185325 Anupabhagwat 14 November 2006
185448 Nomentum 25 December 2006
190139 Hansküng 14 September 2005
2 April 2006
199677 Terzani 20 April 2006
199900 Brunoganz 8 April 2007
204816 Andreacamilleri 16 July 2007
204896 Giorgiobocca 16 October 2007
207563 Toscana 1 August 2006
210032 Enricocastellani 16 July 2006
210107 Pistoletto 30 August 2006
210182 Mazzini 26 October 2006
210290 Borsellino 13 October 2007
16 October 2007
212373 Pietrocascella 22 April 2006
212500 Robertojoppolo 4 September 2006
214772 UNICEF 23 October 2006
214819 Gianotti 10 November 2006
214820 Faustocoppi 14 November 2006
214928 Carrara 5 November 2007
216241 Renzopiano 14 November 2006
216757 Vasari 13 September 2005
218636 Calabria 24 September 2005
218866 Alexantioch 15 December 2006
224693 Morganfreeman 21 January 2006
225076 Vallemare 8 May 2007
5 August 2005
229781 Arthurmcdonald 3 August 2008
231265 Saulperlmutter 5 January 2006
233292 Brianschmidt 19 January 2006
236305 Adamriess 19 January 2006
236746 Chareslindos 8 June 2007
239105 Marcocattaneo 28 April 2006
243591 Ignacostantino 15 September 1998
246821 Satyarthi 27 August 2009
14 August 2005
248388 Namtso 26 September 2005
248908 Ginostrada 15 November 2006
248970 Giannimorandi 19 January 2007
249044 Barrymarshall 15 October 2007
254863 Robinwarren 24 September 2005
255587 Gardenia 21 July 2006
255598 Paullauterbur 13 August 2006
262972 Petermansfield 9 March 2007
265924 Franceclemente 21 January 2006
267017 Yangzhifa 16 October 1995
268686 Elenaaprile 2 April 2006
273412 Eduardomissoni 18 November 2006
16 December 2006
273994 Cinqueterre 11 July 2007
274246 Reggiacaserta 31 July 2008
5 August 2008
274472 Piet 28 September 2008
278447 Saviano 2 October 2007
278735 Kamioka 27 September 2008
16 March 2010
282903 Masada 20 April 2007
8 April 2007
11 July 2004
292872 Anoushankar 12 November 2006
293131 Meteora 15 December 2006
293477 Teotihuacan 16 March 2007
294296 Efeso 3 November 2007
295471 Herbertnitsch 27 August 2008
21 September 2006
22 September 2006
14 November 2006
27 August 2006
19 September 2006
22 December 2008
12 January 2007
19 July 2009
16 October 2007
327943 Xavierbarcons 9 March 2007
327982 Balducci 10 April 2007
3 August 2008
20 April 2006
332632 Pharos 22 October 2008
345868 Halicarnassus 19 August 2007
13 February 2009
13 October 2007
29 July 2008
21 February 2009
23 October 2006
12 November 2006
31 July 2008
374338 Fontana 25 October 2005
375798 Divini 12 October 2009
378076 Campani 23 October 2006
11 August 2007
9 January 2007
429136 Corsali 13 October 2009
14 July 2007
26 August 2005
15 January 2007
456378 Akashikaikyo 18 October 2006
20 August 2008
31 January 2006
13 January 2007

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.confinelive.it/lutto-la-scomparsa-del-dr-silvano-casulli-cittadino-onorario-cervara-roma/ Lutto per la scomparsa del Dr. Silvano Casulli, era cittadino onorario di Cervara di Roma