| 3625 Fracastoro | 27 April 1984 | list |
| 3778 Regge | 26 April 1984 | list |
| 4061 Martelli | 19 March 1988 | list |
| 4398 Chiara | 23 April 1984 | list |
| 4478 Blanco [A] | 23 April 1984 | list |
| 4821 Bianucci | 5 March 1986 | list |
| 5003 Silvanominuto | 15 March 1988 | list |
| 5022 Roccapalumba [A] | 23 April 1984 | list |
| 6114 Dalla-Degregori [A] | 28 April 1984 | list |
| 6289 Lanusei [A] | 28 April 1984 | list |
| 7396 Brusin | 4 March 1986 | list |
| 10738 Marcoaldo | 17 March 1988 | list |
| 19968 Palazzolascaris | 19 March 1988 | list |
| (21007) 1988 FD3 | 19 March 1988 | list |
| 52267 Rotarytorino | 4 March 1986 | list |
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Walter Ferreri (born 1948), originally from Buddusò in Sardinia, is an astronomer at the Italian Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, science writer and discoverer of minor planets.
He is a member of the "Division III Commission 20 Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites" and the "Division III Planetary Systems Sciences" at the IAU. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 15 numbered minor planets he made at the La Silla Observatory site in Chile between 1984 and 1988.[1]
The outer main-belt asteroid 3308 Ferreri, discovered by astronomers Henri Debehogne and Giovanni de Sanctis, is named after him for his contributions for and popularization of astronomy.[2] Naming citation was published on 14 April 1987 (M.P.C. 11750).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3308) Ferreri". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3308) Ferreri. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 275. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3309. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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