Minor planets discovered: 35 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets
Supernovae discovered: 2
SN 2000B17 January 2000Src Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
SN 2001dd14 July 2001Src Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine

Pierre Antonini is a retired French mathematics professor and amateur astronomer who has discovered several minor planets and two supernovae at his private Observatoire de Bédoin (Bedoin Observatory; observatory code: 132) located at Bédoin, southeastern France. For many of his discoveries he used a 16-cm telescope or a 30-cm telescope.[2]

He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. The Minor Planet Center (MPC) credits him with the discovery of 35 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 1999. As of March 2016, the MPC ranks him 204th in the all-time, top-astronomer chart by number of discovered bodies.[1] Antonini is also credited with the discovery of the supernovae SN 2000B and SN 2001dd.[3][4] In January 2004, he co-discovered S/2003 (1089) 1, a minor planet moon orbiting the main-belt asteroid 1089 Tama.[5]

The 7-kilometer sized main-belt asteroid 12580 Antonini, discovered by Laurent Bernasconi in 1999, was named in his honour.[2][6]

List of discovered minor planets

10925 Ventoux28 January 1998list
11147 Delmas6 December 1997list
11675 Billboyle15 February 1998list
13411 OLRAP31 October 1999list
14533 Roy24 August 1997list
15899 Silvain3 September 1997list
16892 Vaissière17 February 1998list
20242 Sagot27 February 1998list
(23784) 1998 QW1522 August 1998list
(24170) 1999 WB1329 November 1999list
(26206) 1997 PJ411 August 1997list
(26961) 1997 OY129 July 1997list
(26979) 1997 UR929 October 1997list
(28021) 1998 BP622 January 1998list
(29677) 1998 XL1715 December 1998list
(31223) 1998 BJ3028 January 1998list
(31255) 1998 DL2727 February 1998list
(33094) 1997 YG523 December 1997list
(35675) 1998 XK1715 December 1998list
(37838) 1998 DF17 February 1998list
(39868) 1998 DM2727 February 1998list
(40765) 1999 TF1610 October 1999list
(41207) 1999 WK929 November 1999list
(46772) 1998 HD821 April 1998list
(52585) 1997 ON229 July 1997list
(58669) 1997 YF520 December 1997list
(65892) 1998 BH3028 January 1998list
(66849) 1999 VM84 November 1999list
(74378) 1998 XH118 December 1998list
(79426) 1997 QZ24 August 1997list
(90983) 1997 XU56 December 1997list
(96343) 1997 RS13 September 1997list
(100546) 1997 EU3213 March 1997list
(100977) 1998 QJ2625 August 1998list
(155437) 1998 DE17 February 1998list
none was co-discovered

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(12580) Antonini". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 786. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8649. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. ↑ "IAUC 7347: 2000B; PSR 0833-45; 1999gh, 1999gk, 1999gm, 1999gn, 1999gq". IAU Circular. Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "IAUC 7663: 2001dd; 2001cz; 2001bs". IAU Circular. Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 2001-07-14. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "IAUC 8265: 2004A; (1089)". IAU Circular. Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 2004-01-10. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "12580 Antonini (1999 RM33)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 February 2016.


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