Maura Tombelli


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Maura Tombelli is an Italian amateur astronomer who began her training in astronomy as an observer of variable stars. She is a prolific discoverer of almost 200 minor planets, including the main-belt asteroid 7794 Sanvito, and a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.
She is known as the only Italian female astrometrist. Together with Italian astronomers Ulisse Munari and Giuseppe Forti, she initiated a five-year survey of minor planets at Asiago Astrophysical Observatory in 1994. She also shared a lot of observing with the discoverers, especially the follow-up of near-Earth objects, and she contributed to the discovery of 15817 Lucianotesi, the first NEO found from Italy. She is currently involved in a project to build a new observatory near the town of Montelupo, where she lives.
The main-belt asteroid 9904 Mauratombelli, discovered by Italian astronomers Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi in 1997, is named in her honour.

List of discovered minor planets

6876 Beppeforti5 September 1994 
7141 Bettarini12 March 1994 
7196 Baroni16 January 1994 
7197 Pieroangela16 January 1994 
7198 Montelupo16 January 1994 
7481 San Marcello11 August 1994 
7599 Munari3 August 1994 
7679 Asiago15 February 1996 
7715 Leonidarosino14 February 1996 
7794 Sanvito15 January 1996 
7847 Mattiaorsi14 February 1996 
7900 Portule14 February 1996 
7957 Antonella17 January 1994 
8885 Sette13 March 1994 
8925 Boattini4 December 1996 
8944 Ortigara30 January 1997 
9425 Marconcini14 February 1996 
9426 Aliante14 February 1996 
9427 Righini14 February 1996 
9897 Malerba14 February 1996 
10149 Cavagna3 August 1994 
10176 Gaiavettori14 February 1996 
10198 Pinelli6 December 1996 
10591 Caverni13 August 1996 
10928 Caprara25 January 1998 

15006 Samcristoforetti27 February 1998 
15034 Décines16 November 1998 
15360 Moncalvo14 February 1996 
15375 Laetitiafoglia30 January 1997 
15418 Sergiospinelli27 February 1998 
15817 Lucianotesi28 August 1994 
15837 Mariovalori25 February 1995
15853 Benedettafoglia16 January 1996 
15855 Mariasalvatore14 February 1996 
15968 Waltercugno27 February 1998 
30 December 1999 
16154 Dabramo1 January 2000 
16672 Bedini17 January 1994 
16879 Campai24 January 1998 
17019 Aldo23 February 1999 
17077 Pampaloni25 April 1999 
17720 Manuboccuni7 December 1997
18431 Stazzema16 January 1994 
18441 Cittadivinci5 August 1994 
18583 Francescopedani7 December 1997 
18627 Rogerbonnet27 February 1998 
27 February 1998 
18631 Maurogherardini27 February 1998 
19331 Stefanovitale4 December 1996 
20081 Occhialini12 March 1994 

29761 Lorenzo13 February 1999 
14 August 2001 
30 January 1997 
31153 Enricaparri26 October 1997 
31605 Braschi10 April 1999 
1 September 1997 
26 October 1997 
27 February 1998 
33480 Bartolucci4 April 1999 
33823 Mariorigutti3 February 2000 
34004 Gregorini30 July 2000 
34696 Risoldi21 July 2001 
35222 Delbarrio4 December 1994
35358 Lorifini27 September 1997 
25 January 1998 
27 February 1998 
27 February 1998 
35703 Lafiascaia20 March 1999 
16 August 2001 
25 January 1998 
25 January 1998 
27 February 1998 
27 February 1998 
43881 Cerreto25 February 1995 
14 February 1996 

31 December 1999 
71489 Dynamocamp4 February 2000 
27 April 2001 
4 February 2000 
15 November 1998 
82638 Bottariclaudio7 August 2001 
84120 Antonacci4 September 2002 
14 February 1996 
26 October 1997 
12 December 1998 
1 January 2000 
14 August 2001 
4 January 2002 
20 July 1998 
5 November 1999 
21 November 2001 
4 January 2002 
5 January 2002 
25 January 1998 
7 December 1998 
2 January 2000 
21 July 2001 
15 August 2001 
30 January 1997 
19 January 1999