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Vincenzo Silvano Casulli, usually known as Silvano Casulli (25 August 1944 – 24 July 2018Lutto per la scomparsa del Dr. Silvano Casulli, era cittadino onorario di Cervara di Roma ) was an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his Vallemare di Borbona Observatory in Lazio.

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 192 minor planets. In 1985 he served on a team involved in using the Hubble Space Telescope in a study that focused on Transition Comets—UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids. He was the first amateur astronomer to obtain precise astronometric positions of minor planets using a CCD camera. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

In 1997, the inner main-belt asteroid and member of the Flora family, 7132 Casulli, was named by astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi in his honor ().

Discoveries

9121 Stefanovalentini

On 24 February 1998, he discovered 9121 Stefanovalentini at the Italian Colleverde Observatory. It is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the main-belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. Casulli also obtained a light-curve from photometric observations and determined a period of 11.84 hours for the body's rotation. He named it in honour of amateur astronomer Stefano Valentini.

93061 Barbagallo

Together with Italian astronomer Ermes Colombini and others, he co-discovered the asteroid 93061 Barbagallo on 23 September 2000. The group-discovery is credited to the discovering observatory, Osservatorio San Vittore, Bologna. The asteroid was named after Mariano Barbagallo, an Italian colleague and friend of Colombini.

List of discovered minor planets

6339 Giliberti 20 September 1993 6530 Adry 12 April 1994 6877 Giada 10 October 1994 6929 Misto 31 October 1994 7600 Vacchi 9 September 1994 7665 Putignano 11 October 1994 7961 Ercolepoli 10 October 1994 8569 Mameli 1 October 1996 8716 Ginestra 23 September 1995 8742 Bonazzoli 14 February 1998 9121 Stefanovalentini 24 February 1998 10386 Romulus 12 October 1996 11142 Facchini 7 January 1997 11328 Mariotozzi 19 October 1995 11578 Cimabue 4 March 1994 12384 Luigimartella 10 October 1994 13197 Pontecorvo 17 February 1997 13653 Priscus 9 February 1997 13684 Borbona 27 August 1997 14088 Ancus 3 May 1997 14498 Bernini 28 February 1995 15007 Edoardopozio 5 July 1998 15353 Meucci 22 November 1994 15854 Numa 15 February 1996 15869 Tullius 8 August 1996 16770 Angkor Wat 30 October 1996 17556 Pierofrancesca 16 November 1993 17649 Brunorossi 17 October 1996 18169 Amaldi 20 August 2000 18509 Bellini 14 September 1996 18596 Superbus 21 January 1998 21219 Mascagni 28 November 1994 21311 Servius 4 December 1996 23564 Ungaretti 6 November 1994 24826 Pascoli 22 August 1995 24946 Foscolo 1 July 1997 25312 Asiapossenti 22 December 1998 29347 Natta 5 March 1995 29361 Botticelli 9 February 1996 29428 Ettoremajorana 31 March 1997 29449 Taharbenjelloun 29 August 1997 29470 Higgs 26 October 1997 31319 Vespucci 20 April 1998 31429 Diegoazzaro 21 January 1999 32891 Amatrice 9 February 1994 32911 Cervara 4 November 1994 32945 Lecce 24 November 1995 32987 Uyuni 4 December 1996 33002 Everest 17 February 1997 35295 Omo 1 November 1996 37627 Lucaparmitano 11 October 1993 37640 Luiginegrelli 20 November 1993 37683 Gustaveeiffel 19 May 1995 37735 Riccardomuti 1 November 1996 40134 Marsili 27 August 1998 42585 Pheidippides 30 March 1997 43935 Danshechtman 1 October 1996 18 September 1998 48720 Enricomentana 29 September 1996 50866 Davidesprizzi 1 April 2000 51915 Andry 20 August 2001 52558 Pigafetta 27 March 1997 19 September 1998 56038 Jackmapanje 7 December 1998 58417 Belzoni 25 January 1996 58495 Hajin 19 October 1996 58498 Octaviopaz 2 November 1996 65785 Carlafracci 26 October 1995 65821 De Curtis 30 October 1996 69460 Christibarnard 17 October 1996 69500 Ginobartali 6 February 1997 73872 Stefanoragazzi 7 January 1997 73891 Pietromennea 10 March 1997 75225 Corradoaugias 27 November 1999 83657 Albertosordi 12 October 2001 85267 Taj Mahal 12 January 1994 26 February 1998 90806 Rudaki 4 January 1995 100292 Harmandir 28 February 1995 100445 Pisa 12 September 1996 100456 Chichn Itza 2 October 1996 100731 Ara Pacis 18 February 1998 117093 Umbria 12 July 2004 17 August 1995 129555 Armazones 30 October 1996 134369 Sahara 17 August 1995 145962 Lacchini 29 December 1999 152227 Argoli 24 September 2005 160105 Gobi 26 September 2000 168261 Puglia 15 August 2006 173094 Wielicki 14 October 2007 181241 Dipasquale 28 October 2005 184620 Pippobattaglia 10 September 2005 185039 Alessiapossenti 30 August 2006 185321 Kammerlander 10 November 2006 185325 Anupabhagwat 14 November 2006 185448 Nomentum 25 December 2006 190139 Hansküng 14 September 2005 2 April 2006 199677 Terzani 20 April 2006 199900 Brunoganz 8 April 2007 204816 Andreacamilleri 16 July 2007 204896 Giorgiobocca 16 October 2007 207563 Toscana 1 August 2006 210032 Enricocastellani 16 July 2006 210107 Pistoletto 30 August 2006 210182 Mazzini 26 October 2006 210290 Borsellino 13 October 2007 210345 Barbon 16 October 2007 212373 Pietrocascella 22 April 2006 212500 Robertojoppolo 4 September 2006 214772 UNICEF 23 October 2006 214819 Gianotti 10 November 2006 214820 Faustocoppi 14 November 2006 214928 Carrara 5 November 2007 216241 Renzopiano 14 November 2006 216757 Vasari 13 September 2005 218636 Calabria 24 September 2005 218866 Alexantioch 15 December 2006 224693 Morganfreeman 21 January 2006 225076 Vallemare 8 May 2007 227152 Zupi 5 August 2005 229781 Arthurmcdonald 3 August 2008 231265 Saulperlmutter 5 January 2006 233292 Brianschmidt 19 January 2006 236305 Adamriess 19 January 2006 236746 Chareslindos 8 June 2007 239105 Marcocattaneo 28 April 2006 243591 Ignacostantino 15 September 1998 246821 Satyarthi 27 August 2009 248321 Cester 14 August 2005 248388 Namtso 26 September 2005 248908 Ginostrada 15 November 2006 248970 Giannimorandi 19 January 2007 249044 Barrymarshall 15 October 2007 254863 Robinwarren 24 September 2005 255587 Gardenia 21 July 2006 255598 Paullauterbur 13 August 2006 262972 Petermansfield 9 March 2007 265924 Franceclemente 21 January 2006 267017 Yangzhifa 16 October 1995 268686 Elenaaprile 2 April 2006 273412 Eduardomissoni 18 November 2006 16 December 2006 273994 Cinqueterre 11 July 2007 274246 Reggiacaserta 31 July 2008 274264 Piccolomini 5 August 2008 274472 Piet 28 September 2008 278447 Saviano 2 October 2007 278735 Kamioka 27 September 2008 16 March 2010 282903 Masada 20 April 2007 8 April 2007 288615 Tempesti 11 July 2004 292872 Anoushankar 12 November 2006 293131 Meteora 15 December 2006 293477 Teotihuacan 16 March 2007 294296 Efeso 3 November 2007 295471 Herbertnitsch 27 August 2008 299777 Tanyastreeter 21 September 2006 22 September 2006 300124 Alessiazecchini 14 November 2006 27 August 2006 19 September 2006 22 December 2008 12 January 2007 19 July 2009 16 October 2007 327943 Xavierbarcons 9 March 2007 327982 Balducci 10 April 2007 330712 Rhodescolossus 3 August 2008 331316 Cavedon 20 April 2006 332632 Pharos 22 October 2008 345868 Halicarnassus 19 August 2007 13 February 2009 13 October 2007 349499 Dechirico 29 July 2008 349862 Modigliani 21 February 2009 351976 Borromini 23 October 2006 352017 Juvarra 12 November 2006 367392 Zeri 31 July 2008 374338 Fontana 25 October 2005 375798 Divini 12 October 2009 378076 Campani 23 October 2006 383622 Luigivolta 11 August 2007 385980 Emiliosegrè 9 January 2007 429136 Corsali 13 October 2009 14 July 2007 440411 Piovani 26 August 2005 447682 Rambaldi 15 January 2007 456378 Akashikaikyo 18 October 2006 20 August 2008 31 January 2006 13 January 2007

References

External links ASTEROIDE N. 7132, on the naming of asteroid 7132 Casulli, including image of Silvano Casulli Colleverde di Guidonia, Gruppo Astrofili Montagna Pistoiese