Luciano Tesi


Luciano Tesi is an Italian veterinarian, amateur astronomer, discoverer of many minor planets, and director of the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory.
In 1980, he founded the "Amateur Group of Pistoiese Mountain". Later on, this resulted in the construction of the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory. As the director of the observatory, he has collaborated with many discoverers in following up near-Earth objects and in finding minor planets since 1994.
The near-Earth object and Amor asteroid, 15817 Lucianotesi, discovered by Andrea Boattini and Maura Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese in 1994, was named in his honor.

Discoveries

Luciano Tesi is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of many numbered minor planets since 1994 , mostly in collaboration with several other astronomers. Together with Giancarlo Fagioli, he also discovered the main-belt asteroid 280641 Edosara, which was erroneously credited to "T. esi" by the MPC. Co-discoveries made by Tesi/Fagioli appear as 3 separate records in the MPC's List of "Minor Planet Discoverers".

List of discovered minor planets

7787 Annalaura23 November 1994 
7801 Goretti12 April 1996 
8051 Pistoria13 August 1997 
8558 Hack1 August 1995 
9904 Mauratombelli29 July 1997 
10219 Penco25 October 1997 
10371 Gigli27 February 1995 
10584 Ferrini14 April 1996 
10642 Charmaine19 January 1999 
11102 Bertorighini26 September 1995
11359 Piteglio27 January 1998 
11595 Monsummano23 May 1995 
11605 Ranfagni19 October 1995 
11622 Samuele9 September 1996 
11625 Francelinda20 October 1996 
11667 Testa19 October 1997 
12399 Bartolini19 July 1995 
12840 Paolaferrari6 April 1997 
12927 Pinocchio30 September 1999 
13150 Paolotesi23 March 1995 
13200 Romagnani13 March 1997 
13223 Cenaceneri13 August 1997
13250 Danieladucato19 July 1998 
13704 Aletesi13 August 1998
13798 Cecchini15 November 1998 

27977 Distratis25 October 1997 
29353 Manu19 July 1995 
29443 Remocorti13 July 1997 
29672 Salvo12 December 1998 
29705 Cialucy26 December 1998 
29706 Simonetta25 December 1998 
31414 Rotarysusa14 January 1999 
31458 Delrosso15 February 1999 
32938 Ivanopaci15 October 1995 
33010 Enricoprosperi11 March 1997 
33480 Bartolucci4 April 1999 
33532 Gabriellacoli18 April 1999 
34716 Guzzo14 August 2001 
34717 Mirkovilli14 August 2001 
34718 Cantagalli14 August 2001 
35358 Lorifini27 September 1997 
35461 Mazzucato26 February 1998 
36446 Cinodapistoia22 August 2000 
38020 Hannadam17 June 1998 
39678 Ammannito12 June 1996 
39748 Guccini28 January 1997 
39849 Giampieri13 February 1998 
42523 Ragazzileonardo6 March 1994 
42614 Ubaldina2 March 1998 
42929 Francini8 October 1999 

71489 Dynamocamp4 February 2000 
29 November 1999 
4 February 2000 
22 April 2001 
6 March 1994 
20 July 1998 
80008 Danielarhodes4 April 1999 
21 July 2001 
82463 Mluigiaborsi21 July 2001 
82638 Bottariclaudio7 August 2001 
82927 Ferrucci25 August 2001 
13 March 1997 
30 September 1999 
1 January 2000 
2 January 2000 
89735 Tommei4 January 2002 
20 July 1998 
91214 Diclemente23 December 1998 
5 November 1999 
92279 Bindiluca22 February 2000
21 November 2001 
5 January 2002 
13 February 1998 
100897 Piatra Neamt5 May 1998 
25 December 1998 

23 October 1995 
21 July 2001 
13 August 2001 
191582 Kikadolfi20 December 2003 
6 December 1998 
16 August 2001 
198616 Lucabracali14 January 2005 
15 January 1997 
207657 Mangiantini1 August 2007 
2 March 2000 
210414 Gebartolomei3 December 2007 
214715 Silvanofuso10 October 2006 
214953 Giugavazzi29 November 2007 
216345 Savigliano4 December 2007 
7 February 2002 
234026 Unioneastrofili23 September 1998
235999 Bucciantini4 April 2005 
236784 Livorno12 August 2007 
8 October 1999 
29 July 1997 
13 August 2001 
280641 Edosara6 January 2005 
280652 Aimaku2 February 2005 
283057 Casteldipiazza24 July 2008 
283461 Leacipaola14 August 2001