Luciano Tesi
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Luciano Tesi (Template:IPA; born 10 December 1931) is an Italian veterinarian, amateur astronomer, discoverer of many minor planets, and director of the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory.<ref name="spaceguard" /><ref name="springer-Lucianotesi" />
In 1980, he founded the "Amateur Group of Pistoiese Mountain" (Template:Langx). 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.<ref name="springer-Lucianotesi" />
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.<ref name="springer-Lucianotesi" />
Discoveries
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Luciano Tesi is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of many numbered minor planets since 1994 (see table), mostly in collaboration with several other astronomers.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> Together with Giancarlo Fagioli, he also discovered the main-belt asteroid 280641 Edosara, which was erroneously credited to "T. esi" by the MPC.<ref name="MPC-Edosara" /> Co-discoveries made by Tesi/Fagioli appear as 3 separate records in the MPC's List of "Minor Planet Discoverers".<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
List of discovered minor planets
| 7787 Annalaura | 23 November 1994 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 7801 Goretti | 12 April 1996 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 8051 Pistoria | 13 August 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 8558 Hack | 1 August 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 9904 Mauratombelli | 29 July 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 10219 Penco | 25 October 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 10371 Gigli | 27 February 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 10584 Ferrini | 14 April 1996 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 10642 Charmaine | 19 January 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 11102 Bertorighini | 26 September 1995 | Template:LoMP |
| 11359 Piteglio | 27 January 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 11595 Monsummano | 23 May 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 11605 Ranfagni | 19 October 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 11622 Samuele | 9 September 1996 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 11625 Francelinda | 20 October 1996 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 11667 Testa | 19 October 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 12399 Bartolini | 19 July 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 12840 Paolaferrari | 6 April 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 12927 Pinocchio | 30 September 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 13150 Paolotesi | 23 March 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 13200 Romagnani | 13 March 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 13223 Cenaceneri | 13 August 1997 | Template:LoMP |
| 13250 Danieladucato | 19 July 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 13704 Aletesi | 13 August 1998 | Template:LoMP |
| 13798 Cecchini | 15 November 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 27977 Distratis | 25 October 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 29353 Manu | 19 July 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 29443 Remocorti | 13 July 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 29672 Salvo | 12 December 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 29705 Cialucy | 26 December 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 29706 Simonetta | 25 December 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 31414 Rotarysusa | 14 January 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 31458 Delrosso | 15 February 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 32938 Ivanopaci | 15 October 1995 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 33010 Enricoprosperi | 11 March 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 33480 Bartolucci | 4 April 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 33532 Gabriellacoli | 18 April 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 34716 Guzzo | 14 August 2001 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 34717 Mirkovilli | 14 August 2001 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 34718 Cantagalli | 14 August 2001 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 35358 Lorifini | 27 September 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 35461 Mazzucato | 26 February 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 36446 Cinodapistoia | 22 August 2000 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 38020 Hannadam | 17 June 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 39678 Ammannito | 12 June 1996 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 39748 Guccini | 28 January 1997 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 39849 Giampieri | 13 February 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 42523 Ragazzileonardo | 6 March 1994 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 42614 Ubaldina | 2 March 1998 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |
| 42929 Francini | 8 October 1999 | Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label |