Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory


The Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at altitude in Stroncone, near the city of Terni, in Umbria, north central Italy.
It is an active center for the discovery of asteroids. Stroncone is also known as IAU/MPC observatory 589. It is located at longitude 12º38'24"E, latitude 42º30'55"N.
The main-belt asteroid 5609 Stroncone, discovered by amateur astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi at Stroncone in 1993, was named after the suburb where the discovering observatory is located.

List of discovered minor planets

6835 Molfino30 April 1994
6923 Borzacchini16 September 1993
7030 Colombini18 December 1993
7132 Casulli17 September 1993
7258 Pettarin5 March 1994
7260 Metelli18 March 1994
7306 Panizon6 March 1994
7356 Casagrande27 September 1995
7531 Pecorelli24 September 1994
7680 Cari16 April 1996
7714 Briccialdi9 February 1996
7782 Mony7 February 1994
7790 Miselli28 February 1995
7963 Falcinelli1 February 1995
8112 Cesi3 May 1995
8192 Tonucci10 September 1993
8193 Ciaurro17 September 1993
8230 Perona8 October 1997
8555 Mirimao3 June 1995
8897 Defelice22 September 1995

7 September 1994
4 September 1994
28 December 1997
24 April 1998
19 April 1998
3 September 1994
25 March 1998
22 January 1998
21 March 1995
3 October 1999
24 December 1997
7 September 1994
16 March 1998
21 March 1995
9 October 1994