Fabrizio Bernardi (born 1972) is an Italian
astronomer and
discoverer of minor planets and
comets, best known for the co-discovery of the
near-Earth and
potentially hazardous asteroid
99942 Apophis.
He is a member of the
IAU,
and credited by 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
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with the discovery of 7 numbered minor planets during 2002–2005,
including , another near-Earth object a member of the
Amor
Amor ("love" in Latin, Spanish and Portuguese) may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Amor'' (Julio Iglesias album), 1982
* ''Amor'' (Andrea Bocelli album), 2006
Songs
* "Amor" (Los Auténticos Decadentes song), 2000
* "Amor" (Cristian Castro song), 199 ...
group of asteroids, and , a
trans-Neptunian object.
In 2002, he discovered the outer
main-belt asteroid
65001 Teodorescu 65 may refer to:
* 65 (number)
* ''65'' (film), an upcoming American science fiction thriller film
* One of the years 65 BC, AD 65, 1965, 2065
* A type of dish in Indian cuisine, such as Chicken 65
Chicken 65 is a spicy, deep-fried chicken dish o ...
at
Campo Imperatore station, Gran Sasso, Italy, and named it after his wife, the Romanian astronomer
Ana Teodorescu.
He was involved together with colleagues
Marco Micheli and
David Tholen, with observations of the Mars-crosser asteroid
2007 WD5
is an Apollo asteroid some in diameter and a Mars-crosser asteroid first observed on 20 November 2007, by Andrea Boattini of the Catalina Sky Survey. Early observations of caused excitement amongst the scientific community when it was estimat ...
during his stay at the
University of Hawaii observatory. While at the
Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, he discovered
268P/Bernardi, a
Jupiter family comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process that is called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are ...
.
The main-belt asteroid
27983 Bernardi, discovered by astronomers
Andrea Boattini
Andrea Boattini (born 16 September 1969) is an Italian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Career
After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna with ...
and
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 ...
at
Cima Ekar Cima may refer to:
Acronyms
*The Center for International Media Assistance, a media development organization in Washington, DC
*Centre International de la Mécanique d'Art (International centre for Art Mechanics), a museum in Switzerland
*Channel ...
, was named in his honor on 9 November 2003 ().
Publications
ACM2002 ''Proceedings'' – Berlin: The Campo Imperatore Near Earth Objects Survey (CINEOS):
Andrea Boattini
Andrea Boattini (born 16 September 1969) is an Italian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Career
After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna with ...
, Germano D’Abramo, Giovanni B. Valsecchi, Andrea Carusi, Andrea Di Paola, Fabrizio Bernardi, Robert Jedicke, Alan W. Harris, Elisabetta Dotto and Fiore De Luise, et al. In press.
Discovery of the heavily obscured Supernova SN2002CV. ''Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.393, p.L21-L24''
ESO 2002
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retrieved 13:03 11.10.11
''Proceedings of the Planetologia Italiana Workshop'' – Bormio, Italy, 20–26 January 2001:
CINEOS – Campo Imperatore Near Earth Objects Survey
Expected background of asteroids and stars for the Wide Angle Camera of the Rosetta Mission
See also
*
*
* Rosetta mission
''Rosetta'' was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004. Along with ''Philae'', its lander module, ''Rosetta'' performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). During its journey to the c ...
References
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1972 births
Discoverers of minor planets
Discoverers of trans-Neptunian objects
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21st-century Italian astronomers
Living people