Nuovi Asteroidi

8569 Mameli

Asteroide della fascia principale

Scoperto l' 1 ottobre 1996 da Vincenzo Silvano Casulli: astronomo italiano, scopritore di molti asteroidi. Vive e lavora vicino Roma.

Discovered 1996 Oct. 1 by V. S. Casulli at the Colleverde di Guidonia. The poet Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849) was the patriotic Italian author of the national anthem Fratelli d´Italia.

39677 Anagaribaldi

Discovered 1996 Mar. 13 at Santa Lucia Stroncone (Terni).

Asteroide della Fascia principale

Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro de Silva (1821-1849) was a heroine of the Italian resurgence. After fighting side by side with her husband Giuseppe Garibaldi in South America, she followed him also in Italy. When the Roman Republic fell, she tried to reach Venice but died near Ravenna.

(185448) Mentana = 2006 YK13

Discovered 2006 Dec. 25 by V. S. Casulli at the Vallemare di Borbona.

Motivazione proposta:

Mentana is an italian town, near Rome, whose birth date from the 1st millennium BC (the ancient Nomentum). On Nov.23, 800, it was the site of the meeting of Pope Leo III and Charlemagne. On Nov.3, 1867, the city was the site of the battle between the Garibaldine and French-papaline troops. The city is home to a renowned Garibaldine Museum. The name was suggested by S. Valentini.

(210182) Giuseppemazzini = 2006 UE215

Discovered 2006 Oct. 26 by V. S. Casulli at the Vallemare di Borbona. Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), nicknamed "Soul of Italy", was an Italian activist for the unification of Italy. Founder of the secret republican society "Giovine Italia", he taught astronomy in his Italian free school for poor children, founded during his exile in London.

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