Maria Antonella Barucci is an Italian
astronomer at the
Observatory-Meudon, Paris.
She is 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 a total of 3 minor planet discoveries she made in 1984 and 1985.
Most notably is her joint discovery with
R. Scott Dunbar
Roy Scott Dunbar is an American astronomer, planetologist and discoverer of comets and minor planets.
Dunbar played an active role in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the (co-)discovery of 10 ...
of the
near-Earth and
Aten asteroid
3362 Khufu
3362 Khufu is a near-Earth asteroid. It was discovered by R. Scott Dunbar and Maria A. Barucci at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on 30 August 1984. Its provisional designation was 1984 QA. It is named after Khufu, an ...
at
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Research time at the observat ...
,
as well as her co-discovery of the
Apollo asteroid
3752 Camillo
3752 Camillo is an inclined contact-binary asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 15 August 1985, by astronomers Eleanor Helin and Maria Barucci using a telescope at the ...
.
Maria Antonella Barucci is also co-author of the astronomy and planetary science textbook ''The Solar System'' (2003) published by Springer-Verlag.
The main-belt asteroid
3485 Barucci, discovered by American astronomer
Edward Bowell in 1983, was named in her honor.
See also
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Eleanor F. Helin, co-discoverer of 3752 Camillo
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Rosetta (spacecraft)
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References
External links
Maria A. Barucci individual member of the IAU – International Astronomical Union
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list of citations – M.A. Barucciat inspirehep.net
list of citations – M. Barucciat inspirehep.net
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Discoverers of minor planets
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21st-century Italian astronomers
Italian women scientists
Women astronomers
Planetary scientists
Women planetary scientists