Daria Guidetti (born 1978) is an Italian astrophysicist linked to the

INAF The National Institute for Astrophysics ( it, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, or INAF) is an Italian research institute in astronomy and astrophysics, founded in 1999. INAF funds and operates twenty separate research facilities, which in turn e ...

. She studied astronomy at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

and is a member of the astronomy club at Montelupo ( it, Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo). The

Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Function ...

credits her with the co-discovery of two

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

s, 34004 Gregorini and 49443 Marcobondi, discovered at the Montelupo Observatory in 1998 and 2000, in collaboration with Italian astronomers

Maura Tombelli Maura Tombelli (born 1952 in Montelupo Fiorentino) is an Italian amateur astronomer who began her training in astronomy as an observer of variable stars. She is a prolific discoverer of almost 200 minor planets, including the main-belt asteroid ...

and

Egisto Masotti This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numb ...

, respectively. At the end of 2016 she made her debut as correspondent at the stadium for the TV show

Quelli che il calcio ''Quelli che... Il Calcio'' is a sports-themed entertainment television program initially broadcast on Rai 3 from 26 September 1993 to 17 May 1998 and subsequently on Rai 2 from 13 September 1998 to 2 December 2021 on Sunday afternoon, during the ...

, to follow Empoli Football Club matches. In 2018 she made her debut as author and presenter of the TV program ''Destinazione Spazio'' (''Destination Space'') on the italian TV station Reteconomy. In December 2019 she published the volume ''Campi Magnetici'' (''Magnetic fields'') in the series ''Viaggio nell'Universo'' (''Journey into the universe''), published by

Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...

. On 14 May 2021, asteroid 27005 Dariaguidetti, discovered by astronomers

Giuseppe Forti 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, ...

and

Cima Ekar Observing Station The Cima Ekar Observing Station ( it, Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar; obs. code: 098) is an astronomical observatory on the crest of Cima Ekar, a mountain ridge located approximately 4 kilometers southeast of and 350 m higher than th ...

in 1998, was .

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Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo
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