Giovanni de Sanctis

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Giovanni de Sanctis (born 1949) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino (Astronomical Observatory of Turin) in Turin, Italy. His name is sometimes spelt DeSanctis, particularly in the Minor Planet Circulars.<ref name="springer" /> The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 42 numbered minor planets, most of which he discovered at ESO's La Silla site in northern Chile in the early 1980s.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

The Vestian asteroid 3268 De Sanctis was named by Henri Debehogne in honor of his co-discoverer.<ref name="MPC-De Sanctis" /><ref name="lcdb" /> Naming citation was published on 22 June 1986 (Template:Small).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

List of discovered minor planets

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2461 Clavel Template:Ref label	March 5, 1981
2765 Dinant Template:Ref label	March 4, 1981
2788 Andenne Template:Ref label	March 1, 1981
2958 Arpetito Template:Ref label	February 28, 1981
3016 Meuse Template:Ref label	March 1, 1981
3121 Tamines Template:Ref label	March 2, 1981
3235 Melchior Template:Ref label	March 6, 1981
3268 De Sanctis Template:Ref label	February 26, 1981
3308 Ferreri Template:Ref label	March 1, 1981
3610 Decampos Template:Ref label	March 5, 1981
3740 Menge Template:Ref label	March 1, 1981
4192 Breysacher Template:Ref label	February 28, 1981
4931 Tomsk Template:Ref label	February 11, 1983
4993 Cossard Template:Ref label	April 11, 1983
5248 Scardia Template:Ref label	April 6, 1983
5365 Fievez Template:Ref label	March 7, 1981
5388 Mottola Template:Ref label	March 5, 1981
6168 Isnello Template:Ref label	March 5, 1981
6364 Casarini Template:Ref label	March 2, 1981
6509 Giovannipratesi Template:Ref label	February 12, 1983
7156 Flaviofusipecci Template:Ref label	March 4, 1981
7233 Majella	March 7, 1986
7515 Marrucino	March 5, 1986
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Template:Mp Template:Ref label	March 1, 1981
Template:Mp Template:Ref label	February 12, 1983
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8454 Micheleferrero Template:Ref label	March 5, 1981
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Template:Mp Template:Ref label	March 7, 1981
9523 Torino Template:Ref label	March 5, 1981
9722 Levi-Montalcini Template:Ref label	March 4, 1981
Template:Mp	March 6, 1986
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16368 Città di Alba Template:Ref label	February 28, 1981
16372 Demichele Template:Ref label	March 7, 1981
17357 Lucataliano Template:Ref label	August 23, 1978
Template:Mp	March 6, 1986
26800 Gualtierotrucco Template:Ref label	March 6, 1981
Template:Mp Template:Ref label	December 29, 1983
52242 Michelemaoret Template:Ref label	March 3, 1981
69245 Persiceto Template:Ref label	March 1, 1981
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