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Andrea Boattini (born 16 September 1969) is an Italian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.

Career

After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna with a thesis on near-Earth objects (NEOs). He is involved in various projects related to NEO follow-up and search programs, with special interest in the NEO class known as Atens.

He currently works at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona after many years spent at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR, National Research Council) and the Astronomical Observatory in Rome. He worked for the Catalina Sky Survey project from 2007 to 2014, in Tucson, Arizona (USA). Meanwhile, he discovered the active comets C/2007 W1 (Boattini), C/2008 J1 (Boattini), C/2008 S3 (Boattini), C/2009 P2 (Boattini), C/2009 W2 (Boattini), C/2010 F1 (Boattini), C/2010 G1 (Boattini) as well as the most distant discovery of an inbound active comet, C/2010 U3 (Boattini). He also accidentally recovered 206P/Barnard-Boattini from the Mount Lemmon Survey (also see lost comet).

Honors

Asteroid 8925 Boattini is named in his honour. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) on 2 February 1999 ().

List of discovered minor planets

Andrea Boattini is credited by the MPC with the discovery of hundreds of minor planets made between 1977 (see following comment) and 2006.

The minor planet , discovered at the Siding Spring Observatory on 17 September 1977, is credited by the MPC to Andrea Boattini and his older co-discoverer Giuseppe Forti (born 1939). However Boattini did not co-discover this asteroid on the day after his 8th birthday in 1977, but rather recovered the body from the original observations, referenced as MPS 18832, which were published by the MPC on 13 October 2000. He named the asteroids 12848 Agostino and 14973 Rossirosina, in honor of his father Agostino (born 1932) and his mother, Rosina Rossi Boattini (born 1934).

In addition to the officially discovered (i.e. numbered) minor planets, near-Earth asteroids and , first observed by Boattini in 2007 and 2012, respectively. His co-discoverers are: M. Tombelli, V. Goretti, A. Di Paola, L. Tesi, G. Forti, G. D'Abramo, F. Pedichini, A. Caronia, A. Di Clemente, F. Bernardi, V. Cecchini, H. Scholl, M. Mazzucato, O. Hainaut, G. Fagioli.

List of minor planets discovered by Andrea Boattini Name Discovery Date Listing 6876 Beppeforti 5 September 1994 7141 Bettarini 12 March 1994 7196 Baroni 16 January 1994 7197 Pieroangela 16 January 1994 7198 Montelupo 16 January 1994 7437 Torricelli 12 March 1994 7481 San Marcello 11 August 1994 7499 L'Aquila 24 July 1996 7599 Munari 3 August 1994 7787 Annalaura 23 November 1994 7801 Goretti 12 April 1996 7957 Antonella 17 January 1994 8558 Hack 1 August 1995 9670 Magni 10 July 1997 9904 Mauratombelli 29 July 1997 10149 Cavagna 3 August 1994 10219 Penco 25 October 1997 10371 Gigli 27 February 1995 10584 Ferrini 14 April 1996 23 July 1996 24 July 1996 10642 Charmaine 19 January 1999 11595 Monsummano 23 May 1995 11605 Ranfagni 19 October 1995 11620 Susanagordon 23 July 1996 11622 Samuele 9 September 1996 11667 Testa 19 October 1997 12399 Bartolini 19 July 1995 12848 Agostino 10 July 1997 12928 Nicolapozio 30 September 1999 13150 Paolotesi 23 March 1995 13250 Danieladucato 19 July 1998 13798 Cecchini 15 November 1998 14186 Virgiliofos 7 December 1998 14568 Zanotta 19 July 1998 14919 Robertohaver 6 August 1994 14973 Rossirosina 1 September 1997 15041 Paperetti 8 December 1998 1 January 2000 15460 Manca 25 December 1998 7 February 1999 15817 Lucianotesi 28 August 1994 16154 Dabramo 1 January 2000 16672 Bedini 17 January 1994 16797 Wilkerson 7 February 1997 16879 Campai 24 January 1998 17056 Boschetti 6 April 1999 17077 Pampaloni 25 April 1999 18431 Stazzema 16 January 1994 18441 Cittadivinci 5 August 1994 Name Discovery Date Listing 18583 Francescopedani 7 December 1997 18631 Maurogherardini 27 February 1998 19224 Orosei 15 September 1993 19528 Delloro 4 April 1999 21269 Bechini 6 June 1996 12 November 1996 17 January 1997 22451 Tymothycoons 13 November 1996 22752 Sabrinamasiero 15 November 1998 23 October 1995 24818 Menichelli 23 November 1994 24969 Lucafini 13 February 1998 25301 Ambrofogar 7 December 1998 25602 Ucaronia 2 January 2000 26177 Fabiodolfi 12 April 1996 26356 Aventini 26 December 1998 3 February 2000 26498 Dinotina 4 February 2000 4 February 2000 20 May 1996 26954 Skadiang 25 June 1997 27130 Dipaola 8 December 1998 27269 Albinocarbognani 3 January 2000 3 March 2000 27977 Distratis 25 October 1997 27983 Bernardi 26 October 1997 28007 Galhassin 7 December 1997 29353 Manu 19 July 1995 29549 Sandrasbaragli 25 January 1998 29672 Salvo 12 December 1998 29705 Cialucy 26 December 1998 29706 Simonetta 25 December 1998 29869 Chiarabarbara 4 April 1999 30585 Firenze 14 August 2001 31414 Rotarysusa 14 January 1999 31458 Delrosso 15 February 1999 31605 Braschi 10 April 1999 32938 Ivanopaci 15 October 1995 33031 Paolofini 1 September 1997 33054 Eduardorossi 26 October 1997 33532 Gabriellacoli 18 April 1999 33823 Mariorigutti 3 February 2000 34696 Risoldi 21 July 2001 34716 Guzzo 14 August 2001 34717 Mirkovilli 14 August 2001 34718 Cantagalli 14 August 2001 35461 Mazzucato 26 February 1998 36446 Cinodapistoia 22 August 2000 37313 Paolocampaner 16 August 2001 38020 Hannadam 17 June 1998 Name Discovery Date Listing 39678 Ammannito 12 June 1996 39849 Giampieri 13 February 1998 43193 Secinaro 1 January 2000 43882 Maurivicoli 7 March 1995 2 October 1999 46644 Lagia 19 July 1995 23 July 1996 46720 Pierostroppa 13 August 1997 21 June 1998 47473 Lorenzopinna 1 January 2000 17 September 1977 16 November 1998 4 February 2000 15 August 2001 5 August 1994 54967 Millucci 15 August 2001 54983 Simone 16 August 2001 55196 Marchini 11 September 2001 16 October 1995 26 December 1998 4 February 2000 22 July 2001 57140 Gaddi 15 August 2001 7 December 1998 7 February 1999 22 March 1999 59417 Giocasilli 5 April 1999 5 April 1999 60406 Albertosuci 3 February 2000 65001 Teodorescu 9 January 2002 14 January 1997 20 July 1998 4 April 1999 67070 Rinaldi 1 January 2000 69585 Albertoraugei 27 February 1998 27 April 2001 73885 Kalaymoodley 1 March 1997 29 November 1999 10 January 2000 22 April 2001 78123 Dimare 10 July 2002 20 July 1998 15 November 1998 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