Piero Sicoli

Minor planets discovered: 43 

see § List of discovered minor planets

Piero Sicoli (b. 1954) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, observing at the Italian Sormano Astronomical Observatory. As the observatory's coordinator, he is responsible for close encounters computation of near-Earth objects (NEOs), orbit computations, and identification of asteroids (about one thousand, included 17 NEOs). The Observatory's focus is the examination and tracking of NEOs in Solar System.

The Nysa asteroid 7866 Sicoli, discovered by Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station in 1982, is named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by Piero Sicoli

6882 Sormano	5 February 1995	list [A]
8106 Carpino	23 December 1994	list [B]
8208 Volta	28 February 1995	list [C]
8209 Toscanelli	28 February 1995	list [C]
8935 Beccaria	11 January 1997	list [B]
9111 Matarazzo	28 January 1997	list [D]
9115 Battisti	27 February 1997	list [D]
10387 Bepicolombo	18 October 1996	list [D]
11145 Emanuelli	29 August 1997	list [E]
11652 Johnbrownlee	7 February 1997	list [D]
11970 Palitzsch	4 October 1994	list [C]
12410 Donald Duck	26 September 1995	list [C]
(13158) 1995 UE	17 October 1995	list [C]
14024 Procol Harum	9 September 1994	list [C]
14103 Manzoni	1 October 1997	list [F]
15379 Alefranz	29 August 1997	list [E]

(16749) 1996 QE	16 August 1996	list [A]
(17614) 1995 UT7	27 October 1995	list [E]
18556 Battiato	7 February 1997	list [D]
19398 Creedence	2 March 1998	list [C]
(22500) 1997 OJ	26 July 1997	list [F]
26197 Bormio	31 March 1997	list [D]
(31244) 1998 DG11	19 February 1998	list [F]
32931 Ferioli	26 September 1995	list [C]
32944 Gussalli	19 November 1995	list [D]
(33049) 1997 UF5	25 October 1997	list [F]
35316 Monella	11 January 1997	list [B]
35334 Yarkovsky	31 March 1997	list [D]
39653 Carnera	17 October 1995	list [C]
43956 Elidoro	7 February 1997	list [D]
43957 Invernizzi	7 February 1997	list [D]
43993 Mariola	26 July 1997	list [F]

(46691) 1997 BK3	30 January 1997	list [A]
48640 Eziobosso	17 October 1995	list [C]
48643 Allen-Beach	20 October 1995	list [D]
55810 Fabiofazio	4 October 1994	list [C]
59087 Maccacaro	15 November 1998	list [D]
(69573) 1998 BQ26	28 January 1998	list [F]
69961 Millosevich	15 November 1998	list [D]
(96583) 1998 VG34	15 November 1998	list [D]
(155410) 1996 CE2	15 February 1996	list [C]
(173146) 1995 UM	17 October 1995	list [C]
(219091) 1998 RF3	15 September 1998	list [F]
Co-discovery made with: A V. Giuliani B M. Cavagna C P. Ghezzi D F. Manca E P. Chiavenna F A. Testa

Publications

• "The orbit of (944) Hidalgo", British Astron. Assoc. Jnl., (1990, M. Cavagna, P. Sicoli)
• "Future Earth Approaches of (4179) Toutatis", Minor Planet Bulletin, (1992, M. Cavagna, P. Sicoli)
• "Earth Close Approaches of Minor Planet (7482) 1994 PC1", Minor Planet Bulletin, (1997, P. Sicoli)
• "Asteroid and Planet Close Encounters", Minor Planet Bulletin, (1999, F. Manca, P. Sicoli)
• "Monitoring Hazardous Objects", Proceedings of the Third Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, (2000, F. Manca, P. Sicoli)
• "Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres", Asteroids III, (2002, G. Fodera' Serio, A. Manara, P. Sicoli)
• "Planetary Close Encounters", Proceedings of the Fourth Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, (2002, F. Manca, P. Sicoli)
• "Killed by a meteorite?", Mercury, (2003, P. Sicoli, C.J. Cunningham)
• "Identification of asteroids and comets: methods and results", Proceedings of the X National Conference on Planetary Science. (2011, F. Manca, P. Sicoli, and A. Testa)