Vincenzo Silvano Casulli
# Vincenzo Silvano Casulli

Minor planets discovered: 194 :

* see § List of discovered minor planets

Vincenzo Silvano Casulli, usually known as Silvano Casulli (25 August 1944 – 24 July 2018) 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. 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).

## Discoveries

### 9121 Stefanovalentini

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. Casulli also obtained a light-curve from photometric observations and determined a period of 11.84 hours for the body's rotation. He named it in honour of amateur astronomer Stefano Valentini.

### 93061 Barbagallo

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.

### List of discovered minor planets

| 6339 Giliberti | 20 September 1993 | list |
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| 6530 Adry | 12 April 1994 | list |
| 6877 Giada | 10 October 1994 | list |
| 6929 Misto | 31 October 1994 | list |
| 7600 Vacchi | 9 September 1994 | list |
| 7665 Putignano | 11 October 1994 | list |
| 7961 Ercolepoli | 10 October 1994 | list |
| 8569 Mameli | 1 October 1996 | list |
| 8716 Ginestra | 23 September 1995 | list |
| 8742 Bonazzoli | 14 February 1998 | list |
| 9121 Stefanovalentini | 24 February 1998 | list |
| 10386 Romulus | 12 October 1996 | list |
| 11142 Facchini | 7 January 1997 | list |
| 11328 Mariotozzi | 19 October 1995 | list |
| 11578 Cimabue | 4 March 1994 | list |
| 12384 Luigimartella | 10 October 1994 | list |
| 13197 Pontecorvo | 17 February 1997 | list |
| 13653 Priscus | 9 February 1997 | list |
| 13684 Borbona | 27 August 1997 | list |
| 14088 Ancus | 3 May 1997 | list |
| 14498 Bernini | 28 February 1995 | list |
| 15007 Edoardopozio | 5 July 1998 | list |
| 15353 Meucci | 22 November 1994 | list |
| 15854 Numa | 15 February 1996 | list |
| 15869 Tullius | 8 August 1996 | list |
| 16770 Angkor Wat | 30 October 1996 | list |
| 17556 Pierofrancesca | 16 November 1993 | list |
| 17649 Brunorossi | 17 October 1996 | list |
| 18169 Amaldi | 20 August 2000 | list |
| 18509 Bellini | 14 September 1996 | list |
| 18596 Superbus | 21 January 1998 | list |
| 21219 Mascagni | 28 November 1994 | list |
| 21311 Servius | 4 December 1996 | list |
| 23564 Ungaretti | 6 November 1994 | list |
| 24826 Pascoli | 22 August 1995 | list |
| 24946 Foscolo | 1 July 1997 | list |
| 25312 Asiapossenti | 22 December 1998 | list |
| 29347 Natta | 5 March 1995 | list |
| 29361 Botticelli | 9 February 1996 | list |
| 29428 Ettoremajorana | 31 March 1997 | list |
| 29449 Taharbenjelloun | 29 August 1997 | list |
| 29470 Higgs | 26 October 1997 | list |
| 31319 Vespucci | 20 April 1998 | list |
| 31429 Diegoazzaro | 21 January 1999 | list |
| 32891 Amatrice | 9 February 1994 | list |
| 32911 Cervara | 4 November 1994 | list |
| 32945 Lecce | 24 November 1995 | list |
| 32987 Uyuni | 4 December 1996 | list |
| 33002 Everest | 17 February 1997 | list |
| 35295 Omo | 1 November 1996 | list |
| 37627 Lucaparmitano | 11 October 1993 | list |
| 37640 Luiginegrelli | 20 November 1993 | list |
| 37683 Gustaveeiffel | 19 May 1995 | list |
| 37735 Riccardomuti | 1 November 1996 | list |
| 40134 Marsili | 27 August 1998 | list |
| 42585 Pheidippides | 30 March 1997 | list |
| 43935 Danshechtman | 1 October 1996 | list |
| (44355) 1998 $ST_2$ | 18 September 1998 | list |
| 48720 Enricomentana | 29 September 1996 | list |
| 50866 Davidesprizzi | 1 April 2000 | list |
| 51915 Andry | 20 August 2001 | list |
| 52558 Pigafetta | 27 March 1997 | list |
| (52862) 1998 $SR_4$ | 19 September 1998 | list |
| (56038) 1998 $XC_3$ | 7 December 1998 | list |
| 58417 Belzoni | 25 January 1996 | list |
| (58495) 1996 $US_1$ | 19 October 1996 | list |
| 58498 Octaviopaz | 2 November 1996 | list |
| 65785 Carlafracci | 26 October 1995 | list |
| 65821 De Curtis | 30 October 1996 | list |
| 69460 Christibarnard | 17 October 1996 | list |
| 69500 Ginobartali | 6 February 1997 | list |
| 73872 Stefanoragazzi | 7 January 1997 | list |
| 73891 Pietromennea | 10 March 1997 | list |
| 75225 Corradoaugias | 27 November 1999 | list |
| 83657 Albertosordi | 12 October 2001 | list |
| 85267 Taj Mahal | 12 January 1994 | list |
| (85578) 1998 $DP_{13}$ | 26 February 1998 | list |
| 90806 Rudaki | 4 January 1995 | list |
| 100292 Harmandir | 28 February 1995 | list |
| (100445) 1996 $RA_4$ | 12 September 1996 | list |
| 100456 Chichn Itza | 2 October 1996 | list |
| 100731 Ara Pacis | 18 February 1998 | list |
| 117093 Umbria | 12 July 2004 | list |
| (120575) 1995 QD | 17 August 1995 | list |
| 129555 Armazones | 30 October 1996 | list |
| 134369 Sahara | 17 August 1995 | list |
| 145962 Lacchini | 29 December 1999 | list |
| 152227 Argoli | 24 September 2005 | list |
| 160105 Gobi | 26 September 2000 | list |
| 168261 Puglia | 15 August 2006 | list |
| 173094 Wielicki | 14 October 2007 | list |
| 181241 Dipasquale | 28 October 2005 | list |
| 184620 Pippobattaglia | 10 September 2005 | list |
| 185039 Alessiapossenti | 30 August 2006 | list |
| 185321 Kammerlander | 10 November 2006 | list |
| 185325 Anupabhagwat | 14 November 2006 | list |
| 185448 Nomentum | 25 December 2006 | list |
| 190139 Hansküng | 14 September 2005 | list |
| (199631) 2006 GX | 2 April 2006 | list |
| 199677 Terzani | 20 April 2006 | list |
| 199900 Brunoganz | 8 April 2007 | list |
| 204816 Andreacamilleri | 16 July 2007 | list |
| 204896 Giorgiobocca | 16 October 2007 | list |
| 207563 Toscana | 1 August 2006 | list |
| 210032 Enricocastellani | 16 July 2006 | list |
| 210107 Pistoletto | 30 August 2006 | list |
| 210182 Mazzini | 26 October 2006 | list |
| 210290 Borsellino | 13 October 2007 | list |
| (210345) 2007 UQ | 16 October 2007 | list |
| 212373 Pietrocascella | 22 April 2006 | list |
| 212500 Robertojoppolo | 4 September 2006 | list |
| 214772 UNICEF | 23 October 2006 | list |
| 214819 Gianotti | 10 November 2006 | list |
| 214820 Faustocoppi | 14 November 2006 | list |
| 214928 Carrara | 5 November 2007 | list |
| 216241 Renzopiano | 14 November 2006 | list |
| 216757 Vasari | 13 September 2005 | list |
| 218636 Calabria | 24 September 2005 | list |
| 218866 Alexantioch | 15 December 2006 | list |
| 224693 Morganfreeman | 21 January 2006 | list |
| 225076 Vallemare | 8 May 2007 | list |
| (227152) 2005 $PJ_{20}$ | 5 August 2005 | list |
| 229781 Arthurmcdonald | 3 August 2008 | list |
| 231265 Saulperlmutter | 5 January 2006 | list |
| 233292 Brianschmidt | 19 January 2006 | list |
| 236305 Adamriess | 19 January 2006 | list |
| 236746 Chareslindos | 8 June 2007 | list |
| 239105 Marcocattaneo | 28 April 2006 | list |
| 243591 Ignacostantino | 15 September 1998 | list |
| 246821 Satyarthi | 27 August 2009 | list |
| (248321) 2005 $PL_{20}$ | 14 August 2005 | list |
| 248388 Namtso | 26 September 2005 | list |
| 248908 Ginostrada | 15 November 2006 | list |
| 248970 Giannimorandi | 19 January 2007 | list |
| 249044 Barrymarshall | 15 October 2007 | list |
| 254863 Robinwarren | 24 September 2005 | list |
| 255587 Gardenia | 21 July 2006 | list |
| 255598 Paullauterbur | 13 August 2006 | list |
| 262972 Petermansfield | 9 March 2007 | list |
| 265924 Franceclemente | 21 January 2006 | list |
| 267017 Yangzhifa | 16 October 1995 | list |
| 268686 Elenaaprile | 2 April 2006 | list |
| 273412 Eduardomissoni | 18 November 2006 | list |
| (273471) 2006 $YK_2$ | 16 December 2006 | list |
| 273994 Cinqueterre | 11 July 2007 | list |
| 274246 Reggiacaserta | 31 July 2008 | list |
| (274264) 2008 $PZ_6$ | 5 August 2008 | list |
| 274472 Piet | 28 September 2008 | list |
| 278447 Saviano | 2 October 2007 | list |
| 278735 Kamioka | 27 September 2008 | list |
| (279411) 2010 $FM_6$ | 16 March 2010 | list |
| 282903 Masada | 20 April 2007 | list |
| (284458) 2007 $GB_1$ | 8 April 2007 | list |
| (288615) 2004 $ND_9$ | 11 July 2004 | list |
| 292872 Anoushankar | 12 November 2006 | list |
| (293131) 2006 $XV_{56}$ | 15 December 2006 | list |
| 293477 Teotihuacan | 16 March 2007 | list |
| 294296 Efeso | 3 November 2007 | list |
| 295471 Herbertnitsch | 27 August 2008 | list |
| (299777) 2006 $SN_{63}$ | 21 September 2006 | list |
| (299785) 2006 $SC_{77}$ | 22 September 2006 | list |
| (300124) 2006 $VG_{14}$ | 14 November 2006 | list |
| (304203) 2006 $QR_{110}$ | 27 August 2006 | list |
| (304277) 2006 $SL_{20}$ | 19 September 2006 | list |
| (309762) 2008 $YN_5$ | 22 December 2008 | list |
| (311907) 2007 $AH_9$ | 12 January 2007 | list |
| (316098) 2009 $OO_1$ | 19 July 2009 | list |
| (320377) 2007 UP | 16 October 2007 | list |
| 327943 Xavierbarcons | 9 March 2007 | list |
| 327982 Balducci | 10 April 2007 | list |
| (330712) 2008 $PR_1$ | 3 August 2008 | list |
| (331316) 2011 $GP_{36}$ | 20 April 2006 | list |
| (332632) 2008 $UO_1$ | 22 October 2008 | list |
| (345868) 2007 $QE_2$ | 19 August 2007 | list |
| (346810) 2009 $CD_{40}$ | 13 February 2009 | list |
| (349237) 2007 $TH_{69}$ | 13 October 2007 | list |
| (349499) 2008 $OX_5$ | 29 July 2008 | list |
| (349862) 2009 $DX_{43}$ | 21 February 2009 | list |
| (351976) 2006 $UP_{64}$ | 23 October 2006 | list |
| (352017) 2006 $VR_{13}$ | 12 November 2006 | list |
| (367392) 2008 $OX_9$ | 31 July 2008 | list |
| (374338) 2005 $UZ_4$ | 25 October 2005 | list |
| (375798) 2009 $TA_4$ | 12 October 2009 | list |
| (378076) 2006 $UQ_{64}$ | 23 October 2006 | list |
| (383622) 2007 $PJ_9$ | 11 August 2007 | list |
| (385980) 2007 $AA_8$ | 9 January 2007 | list |
| (429136) 2009 $TJ_8$ | 13 October 2009 | list |
| (435161) 2007 $NV_2$ | 14 July 2007 | list |
| (440411) 2005 $QS_{28}$ | 26 August 2005 | list |
| (447682) 2007 $AA_{20}$ | 15 January 2007 | list |
| (456378) 2006 $UA_{62}$ | 18 October 2006 | list |
| (457248) 2008 QH | 20 August 2008 | list |
| (483951) 2006 $BM_{147}$ | 31 January 2006 | list |
| (509357) 2007 $AZ_{19}$ | 13 January 2007 | list |
