Dennis di Cicco


Dennis di Cicco is an American amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, who lives in New England.
He has discovered 60 numbered asteroids from his backyard observatory in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He was a member of the editorial staff of Sky and Telescope magazine from 1974 until his resignation as senior editor in June 2014. His special interests include astronomical photography and the history of astronomical photography, telescope making, and astronomical observing. During 1978 and 1979 he was the first person to successfully photograph the analemma, making 48 separate exposures on a single piece of film during a 12-month period. The project is described in the June 1979 issue of Sky & Telescope. The asteroid 3841 Dicicco was named after him.
He grew up in Hanover, Massachusetts.

List of discovered minor planets

7311 HildehanOctober 14, 1995
7610 SudburyDecember 3, 1995
8900 AAVSOOctober 24, 1995
9983 RickfienbergFebruary 19, 1995
10153 GoldmanOctober 26, 1994
10373 MacRobertMarch 14, 1996
10596 StevensimpsonOctober 4, 1996
11132 HorneNovember 17, 1996
12780 SalamonyFebruary 9, 1995
October 5, 1996
October 3, 1995
November 30, 1996
October 23, 1995
November 12, 1996
December 9, 1996
October 12, 1996
November 10, 1996
November 23, 1994
January 30, 1995
March 14, 1996
27899 LettermanAugust 18, 1996
October 12, 1996
January 9, 1997
October 24, 1995
December 3, 1995

November 17, 1996
November 17, 1996
October 15, 1996
November 11, 1996
November 10, 1996
October 15, 1996
November 10, 1996
October 13, 1996
November 16, 1996
October 1, 1996