Giovanni Sostero (18 March 1964 – 6 December 2012) was an Italian amateurastronomer. He was one of the leading members of theAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Friuli,Italy).[1] He was an honorary member of theAstronomical Observatory of Visnjan (Croatia), too.
Sostero was very active as a public out-reacher and has published some scientific works in professional astronomical journals. He had over 1880NASA ADS citations for his work.[1] His main research fields were the minor bodies of theSolar System (asteroids andcomets) andvariable stars (symbiotic stars andsupernovae). In particular, he discovered several supernovae: 2009jp, 2008ae, 2008F, 2007cl, 2006br, 2006bm, 2006H, 2006B, 2005ly, 2005kz, 2005kc.[2] In 2000 he co-discovered anova in the galaxyM31.[3]
The asteroid9878 Sostero (1994 FQ) was named after him.
He died on 6 December 2012[4] due to the complications of a heart attack. He was 48 years old.[1]
The "Giovanni Sostero Award"[5][6][7][8] was created in 2013 and supported thereafter byElettra - Sincrotrone Trieste to honor Sostero, formerly in charge of the soft x-ray metrology laboratory at the facility.
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