Giuseppe Forti
Giuseppe Forti ( born December 21, 1939 † 2 July 2007) was an Italian astronomer and discoverer of asteroids.
His main area of work was the celestial mechanics. He was next to Andrea Boattini the initiators of the project, founded in 1999 Aneopp ( Arcetri NEO Precovery Program), which was at the Arcetri Observatory ( Osservatorio di Arcetri Astrofisico ) in Arcetri, a suburb of Florence, promoted and was a member of the CINEOS project. He was a member of the Division III ( Planetary Systems Sciences) of the International Astronomical Union and worked there in the Commissions 15 ( Physical study of comets and minor planets ), 20 ( positions and movements of small planets, comets and satellites) and 22 ( meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust).
Honors
The asteroid ( 6876 ) Beppeforti was named after him.