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Italian astronomer
Vincenzo Silvano Casulli , usually known as Silvano Casulli (25 August 1944 – 24 July 2018[ 2] ) was an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at his Vallemare di Borbona Observatory (A55 ) in Lazio .
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 192 minor planets .[ 1] In 1985 he served on a team involved in using the Hubble Space Telescope in a study that focused on Transition Comets—UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids . He was the first amateur astronomer to obtain precise astronometric positions of minor planets using a CCD camera . He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids .
In 1997, the inner main-belt asteroid and member of the Flora family , 7132 Casulli , was named by astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi in his honor (M.P.C. 30800 ).[ 3] [ 4]
9121 Stefanovalentini [ edit ]
On 24 February 1998, he discovered 9121 Stefanovalentini at the Italian Colleverde Observatory . It is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the main-belt , approximately 30 kilometers in diameter.[ 5] [ 6] Casulli also obtained a light-curve from photometric observations and determined a period of 11.84 hours for the body's rotation.[ 6] [ 7] He named it in honour of amateur astronomer Stefano Valentini.[ 8]
Together with Italian astronomer Ermes Colombini and others, he co-discovered the asteroid 93061 Barbagallo on 23 September 2000. The group-discovery is credited to the discovering observatory, Osservatorio San Vittore , Bologna. The asteroid was named after Mariano Barbagallo, an Italian colleague and friend of Colombini.[ 9]
List of discovered minor planets [ edit ]
6339 Giliberti
20 September 1993
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6530 Adry
12 April 1994
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6877 Giada
10 October 1994
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6929 Misto
31 October 1994
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7600 Vacchi
9 September 1994
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7665 Putignano
11 October 1994
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7961 Ercolepoli
10 October 1994
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8569 Mameli
1 October 1996
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8716 Ginestra
23 September 1995
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8742 Bonazzoli
14 February 1998
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9121 Stefanovalentini
24 February 1998
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10386 Romulus
12 October 1996
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11142 Facchini
7 January 1997
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11328 Mariotozzi
19 October 1995
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11578 Cimabue
4 March 1994
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12384 Luigimartella
10 October 1994
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13197 Pontecorvo
17 February 1997
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13653 Priscus
9 February 1997
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13684 Borbona
27 August 1997
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14088 Ancus
3 May 1997
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14498 Bernini
28 February 1995
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15007 Edoardopozio
5 July 1998
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15353 Meucci
22 November 1994
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15854 Numa
15 February 1996
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15869 Tullius
8 August 1996
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16770 Angkor Wat
30 October 1996
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17556 Pierofrancesca
16 November 1993
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17649 Brunorossi
17 October 1996
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18169 Amaldi
20 August 2000
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18509 Bellini
14 September 1996
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18596 Superbus
21 January 1998
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21219 Mascagni
28 November 1994
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21311 Servius
4 December 1996
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23564 Ungaretti
6 November 1994
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24826 Pascoli
22 August 1995
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24946 Foscolo
1 July 1997
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25312 Asiapossenti
22 December 1998
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29347 Natta
5 March 1995
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29361 Botticelli
9 February 1996
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29428 Ettoremajorana
31 March 1997
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29449 Taharbenjelloun
29 August 1997
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29470 Higgs
26 October 1997
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31319 Vespucci
20 April 1998
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31429 Diegoazzaro
21 January 1999
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32891 Amatrice
9 February 1994
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32911 Cervara
4 November 1994
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32945 Lecce
24 November 1995
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32987 Uyuni
4 December 1996
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33002 Everest
17 February 1997
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35295 Omo
1 November 1996
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37627 Lucaparmitano
11 October 1993
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37640 Luiginegrelli
20 November 1993
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37683 Gustaveeiffel
19 May 1995
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37735 Riccardomuti
1 November 1996
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40134 Marsili
27 August 1998
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42585 Pheidippides
30 March 1997
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43935 Danshechtman
1 October 1996
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(44355) 1998 ST2
18 September 1998
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48720 Enricomentana
29 September 1996
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50866 Davidesprizzi
1 April 2000
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51915 Andry
20 August 2001
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52558 Pigafetta
27 March 1997
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(52862) 1998 SR4
19 September 1998
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56038 Jackmapanje
7 December 1998
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58417 Belzoni
25 January 1996
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58495 Hajin
19 October 1996
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58498 Octaviopaz
2 November 1996
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65785 Carlafracci
26 October 1995
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65821 De Curtis
30 October 1996
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69460 Christibarnard
17 October 1996
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69500 Ginobartali
6 February 1997
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73872 Stefanoragazzi
7 January 1997
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73891 Pietromennea
10 March 1997
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75225 Corradoaugias
27 November 1999
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83657 Albertosordi
12 October 2001
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85267 Taj Mahal
12 January 1994
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(85578) 1998 DP13
26 February 1998
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90806 Rudaki
4 January 1995
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100292 Harmandir
28 February 1995
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100445 Pisa
12 September 1996
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100456 Chichn Itza
2 October 1996
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100731 Ara Pacis
18 February 1998
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117093 Umbria
12 July 2004
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(120575) 1995 QD
17 August 1995
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129555 Armazones
30 October 1996
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134369 Sahara
17 August 1995
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145962 Lacchini
29 December 1999
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152227 Argoli
24 September 2005
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160105 Gobi
26 September 2000
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168261 Puglia
15 August 2006
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173094 Wielicki
14 October 2007
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181241 Dipasquale
28 October 2005
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184620 Pippobattaglia
10 September 2005
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185039 Alessiapossenti
30 August 2006
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185321 Kammerlander
10 November 2006
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185325 Anupabhagwat
14 November 2006
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185448 Nomentum
25 December 2006
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190139 Hansküng
14 September 2005
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(199631) 2006 GX
2 April 2006
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199677 Terzani
20 April 2006
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199900 Brunoganz
8 April 2007
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204816 Andreacamilleri
16 July 2007
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204896 Giorgiobocca
16 October 2007
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207563 Toscana
1 August 2006
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210032 Enricocastellani
16 July 2006
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210107 Pistoletto
30 August 2006
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210182 Mazzini
26 October 2006
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210290 Borsellino
13 October 2007
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210345 Barbon
16 October 2007
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212373 Pietrocascella
22 April 2006
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212500 Robertojoppolo
4 September 2006
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214772 UNICEF
23 October 2006
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214819 Gianotti
10 November 2006
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214820 Faustocoppi
14 November 2006
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214928 Carrara
5 November 2007
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216241 Renzopiano
14 November 2006
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216757 Vasari
13 September 2005
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218636 Calabria
24 September 2005
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218866 Alexantioch
15 December 2006
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224693 Morganfreeman
21 January 2006
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225076 Vallemare
8 May 2007
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227152 Zupi
5 August 2005
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229781 Arthurmcdonald
3 August 2008
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231265 Saulperlmutter
5 January 2006
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233292 Brianschmidt
19 January 2006
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236305 Adamriess
19 January 2006
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236746 Chareslindos
8 June 2007
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239105 Marcocattaneo
28 April 2006
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243591 Ignacostantino
15 September 1998
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246821 Satyarthi
27 August 2009
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248321 Cester
14 August 2005
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248388 Namtso
26 September 2005
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248908 Ginostrada
15 November 2006
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248970 Giannimorandi
19 January 2007
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249044 Barrymarshall
15 October 2007
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254863 Robinwarren
24 September 2005
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255587 Gardenia
21 July 2006
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255598 Paullauterbur
13 August 2006
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262972 Petermansfield
9 March 2007
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265924 Franceclemente
21 January 2006
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267017 Yangzhifa
16 October 1995
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268686 Elenaaprile
2 April 2006
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273412 Eduardomissoni
18 November 2006
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(273471) 2006 YK2
16 December 2006
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273994 Cinqueterre
11 July 2007
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274246 Reggiacaserta
31 July 2008
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274264 Piccolomini
5 August 2008
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274472 Piet
28 September 2008
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278447 Saviano
2 October 2007
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278735 Kamioka
27 September 2008
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(279411) 2010 FM6
16 March 2010
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282903 Masada
20 April 2007
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(284458) 2007 GB1
8 April 2007
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288615 Tempesti
11 July 2004
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292872 Anoushankar
12 November 2006
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293131 Meteora
15 December 2006
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293477 Teotihuacan
16 March 2007
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294296 Efeso
3 November 2007
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295471 Herbertnitsch
27 August 2008
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299777 Tanyastreeter
21 September 2006
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(299785) 2006 SC77
22 September 2006
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300124 Alessiazecchini
14 November 2006
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(304203) 2006 QR110
27 August 2006
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(304277) 2006 SL20
19 September 2006
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(309762) 2008 YN5
22 December 2008
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(311907) 2007 AH9
12 January 2007
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(316098) 2009 OO1
19 July 2009
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(320377) 2007 UP
16 October 2007
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327943 Xavierbarcons
9 March 2007
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327982 Balducci
10 April 2007
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330712 Rhodescolossus
3 August 2008
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331316 Cavedon
20 April 2006
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332632 Pharos
22 October 2008
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345868 Halicarnassus
19 August 2007
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(346810) 2009 CD40
13 February 2009
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(349237) 2007 TH69
13 October 2007
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349499 Dechirico
29 July 2008
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349862 Modigliani
21 February 2009
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351976 Borromini
23 October 2006
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352017 Juvarra
12 November 2006
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367392 Zeri
31 July 2008
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374338 Fontana
25 October 2005
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375798 Divini
12 October 2009
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378076 Campani
23 October 2006
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383622 Luigivolta
11 August 2007
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385980 Emiliosegrè
9 January 2007
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429136 Corsali
13 October 2009
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(435161) 2007 NV2
14 July 2007
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440411 Piovani
26 August 2005
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447682 Rambaldi
15 January 2007
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456378 Akashikaikyo
18 October 2006
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(457248) 2008 QH
20 August 2008
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(483951) 2006 BM147
31 January 2006
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(509357) 2007 AZ19
13 January 2007
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