Piero Sicoli

Asteroids discovered: 44
6882 Sormano	February 5, 1995
8106 Carpino	December 23, 1994
8208 Volta	February 28, 1995
8209 Toscanelli	February 28, 1995
8935 Beccaria	January 11, 1997
9111 Matarazzo	January 28, 1997
9115 Battisti	February 27, 1997
10387 Bepicolombo	October 18, 1996
11145 Emanuelli	August 29, 1997
11652 Johnbrownlee	February 7, 1997
11970 Palitzsch	October 4, 1994
12410 Donald Duck	September 26, 1995
(13158) 1995 UE	October 17, 1995
14024 Procol Harum	September 9, 1994
14103 Manzoni	October 1, 1997
15379 Alefranz	August 29, 1997
(16749) 1996 QE	August 16, 1996
(17614) 1995 UT7	October 27, 1995
18556 Battiato	February 7, 1997
19398 Creedence	March 2, 1998
(22500) 1997 OJ	July 26, 1997
26197 Bormio	March 31, 1997
(31244) 1998 DG11	February 19, 1998
32931 Ferioli	September 26, 1995
32944 Gussalli	November 19, 1995
(33049) 1997 UF5	October 25, 1997
35316 Monella	January 11, 1997
35334 Yarkovsky	March 31, 1997
39653 Carnera	October 17, 1995
43956 Elidoro	February 7, 1997
43957 Invernizzi	February 7, 1997
43993 Mariola	July 26, 1997
(46691) 1997 BK3	January 30, 1997
(48640) 1995 UD	October 17, 1995
(48640) 1995 UD	October 17, 1995
48643 Allen-Beach	October 20, 1995
55810 Fabiofazio	October 4, 1994
59087 Maccacaro	November 15, 1998
(69573) 1998 BQ26	January 28, 1998
69961 Millosevich	November 15, 1998
(96583) 1998 VG34	November 15, 1998
(155410) 1996 CE2	February 15, 1996
(173146) 1995 UM	October 17, 1995
(219091) 1998 RF3	September 15, 1998
1 with V. Giuliani 2 with M. Cavagna 3 with P. Ghezzi 4 with F. Manca 5 with P. Chiavenna 6 with A. Testa

Piero Sicoli is an Italian astronomer who works at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory as an Observatory Coordinator, responsible for close encounters computation of Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs),[1] orbit computations and identifications. The Observatory's focus is the examination and tracking of Solar System minor bodies, and Piero Sicoli is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Some of his findings can be seen here [2]. The asteroid 7866 Sicoli is named after him.

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)