| 7199 Brianza | 28 March 1994 | list[A] |
| 7848 Bernasconi | 22 February 1996 | list[B] |
| 8106 Carpino | 23 December 1994 | list[C] |
| 8935 Beccaria | 11 January 1997 | list[C] |
| 13777 Cielobuio | 20 October 1998 | list[B] |
| 16682 Donati | 18 March 1994 | list[A] |
| 19287 Paronelli | 22 February 1996 | list[B] |
| 19318 Somanah | 2 December 1996 | list[D] |
| 23571 Zuaboni | 1 January 1995 | list[E] |
| (31254) 1998 DK23 | 27 February 1998 | list[F] |
| 33035 Pareschi | 27 September 1997 | list[B] |
| 33151 Tomasobelloni | 25 February 1998 | list[G] |
| 35316 Monella | 11 January 1997 | list[C] |
| 55854 Stoppani | 8 November 1996 | list[F] |
| 69971 Tanzi | 18 November 1998 | list |
| (79382) 1997 GC4 | 8 April 1997 | list[F] |
| (85433) 1997 CJ22 | 13 February 1997 | list[B] |
| (185688) 1997 CC6 | 6 February 1997 | list[B] |
| 185733 Luigicolzani | 28 November 1998 | list[B] |
| Co-discovery made with: AV. Giuliani BA. Testa CP. Sicoli DF. Manca EE. Galliani FP. Chiavenna GP. Ghezzi | ||
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Marco Cavagna (1958 – August 9, 2005) was an Italian amateurastronomer.[2]
During his career, Cavagna discovered numerousasteroids, operating from theSormano Astronomical Observatory in Sormano, northern Italy. TheMinor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 19 minor planets he made between 1994 and 1998.[1] In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of Italy's leading observers ofcomets and national coordinator during theInternational Halley Watch in 1986.[2] Cavagna was also a lecturer at theplanetarium of Milan, co-founder of the Sormano Observatory, and a consultant forIAU's commission XX (Positions & motions of minor planets, comets and satellites).[2]
Cavagna died of a stroke on 9 August 2005. The 0.5-meterRitchey–Chrétien telescope at Sormano Observatory is now named in his memory.[2] The inner main-belt asteroid10149 Cavagna, discovered by astronomersMaura Tombelli andAndrea Boattini atSan Marcello Pistoiese Observatory, was named after him in 1999 (M.P.C. 35494).[3][4]
Cavagna was married to amateur astronomer Emanuela Galliani and they are jointly credited by theMinor Planet Center with the discovery ofasteroid (23571) Zuaboni on 1 January 1995.[5]
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