Piero Sicoli

Piero Sicoli (born 1954) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, observing at the Italian Sormano Astronomical Observatory.<ref name="springer" />He deals with the history of comets, astrometry and orbit calculations, in particular of objects approaching the Earth. As the observatory's coordinator, he is responsible for close encounters computation of near-Earth objects (NEOs),<ref name="Sormano-Close-Approaches" /> orbit computations, and identification of asteroids (about one thousand, included 17 NEOs). The Observatory's focus is the examination and tracking of NEOs in Solar System.<ref name="Sormano-Activities" />

The Nysa asteroid 7866 Sicoli, discovered by Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station in 1982, is named in his honor.<ref name="springer" />

Minor planets discovered: 43<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

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List of discovered minor planets

6882 Sormano	5 February 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
8106 Carpino	23 December 1994	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
8208 Volta	28 February 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
8209 Toscanelli	28 February 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
8935 Beccaria	11 January 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
9111 Matarazzo	28 January 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
9115 Battisti	27 February 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
10387 Bepicolombo	18 October 1996	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
11145 Emanuelli	29 August 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
11652 Johnbrownlee	7 February 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label

11970 Palitzsch	4 October 1994	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
12410 Donald Duck	26 September 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	17 October 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
14024 Procol Harum	9 September 1994	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
14103 Manzoni	1 October 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
15379 Alefranz	29 August 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
16749 Vospini	16 August 1996	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	27 October 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
18556 Battiato	7 February 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
19398 Creedence	2 March 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label

22500 Grazianoventre	26 July 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
26197 Bormio	31 March 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
31244 Guidomonzino	19 February 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
32931 Ferioli	26 September 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
32944 Gussalli	19 November 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	25 October 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
35316 Monella	11 January 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
35334 Yarkovsky	31 March 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
39653 Carnera	17 October 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
43956 Elidoro	7 February 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label

43957 Invernizzi	7 February 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
43993 Mariola	26 July 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
46691 Ghezzi	30 January 1997	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
48640 Eziobosso	17 October 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
48643 Allen-Beach	20 October 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
55810 Fabiofazio	4 October 1994	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
59087 Maccacaro	15 November 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	28 January 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
69961 Millosevich	15 November 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	15 November 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label

Template:Mp	15 February 1996	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	17 October 1995	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	15 September 1998	Template:LoMPTemplate:Ref label
Co-discovery made with: Template:Note label V. Giuliani Template:Note label M. Cavagna Template:Note label P. Ghezzi Template:Note label F. Manca Template:Note label P. Chiavenna Template:Note label A. Testa

Publications

• "The orbit of (944) Hidalgo", British Astron. Assoc. Jnl., (1990, M. Cavagna, P. Sicoli)
• "Future Earth Approaches of (4179) Toutatis", Minor Planet Bulletin, (1992, M. Cavagna, P. Sicoli)
• "Earth Close Approaches of Minor Planet (7482) 1994 PC1", Minor Planet Bulletin, (1997, P. Sicoli)
• "Asteroid and Planet Close Encounters", Minor Planet Bulletin, (1999, F. Manca, P. Sicoli)
• "Monitoring Hazardous Objects", Proceedings of the Third Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, (2000, F. Manca, P. Sicoli)
• "Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres", Asteroids III, (2002, G. Fodera' Serio, A. Manara, P. Sicoli)
• "Planetary Close Encounters", Proceedings of the Fourth Italian Meeting of Planetary Science, (2002, F. Manca, P. Sicoli)
• "Killed by a meteorite?", Mercury, (2003, P. Sicoli, C.J. Cunningham)
• "Identification of asteroids and comets: methods and results", Proceedings of the X National Conference on Planetary Science. (2011, F. Manca, P. Sicoli, and A. Testa)
• "Comets and Political anxieties in the first half of the Ninth Century: New Light on Comets X/839 B1 and X/841 Y1". Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 25(2), 213–226 (2022, P. Sicoli, M. Cesario, R. Gorelli)
• "New and improved orbits of historical comets: Late 4th and 5th century" ICARUS Volume 384, 15 September 2022, 115112 (M.J. Martínez, F.J. Marco, P. Sicoli, R. Gorelli)
• "Did 1P/ Halley have an outburst in 990 AD?". THE COMET’S TALE Comet Section – British Astronomical Association, Journal – Number 41 2022 June (P. Sicoli, R. Gorelli)
• "Medieval Comets European and Middle Eastern Perspective". Universitat Politècnica de València. (2023, P. Sicoli, R. Gorelli, M.J. Martínez Uso, F.J. Marco) https://doi.org/10.4995/SCCIE.2023.666301
• "New and improved orbits of some historical comets: 6TH and 7TH centuries". ICARUS Volume 420, 15 September 2024, 116165 (P. Sicoli, R. Gorelli, M.J. Martínez, F.J. Marco)
• "Comete nell'Italia antica e medievale" Book Edit. LED Bibliotheca (2024, P. Sicoli)

References

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