ASTRONOMER

Luciano Tesi

1931 - Today

Photo of Luciano Tesi

Icon of person Luciano Tesi

Luciano Tesi (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno ˈteːzi]; born 10 December 1931) is an Italian veterinarian, amateur astronomer, discoverer of many minor planets, and director of the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory. In 1980, he founded the "Amateur Group of Pistoiese Mountain" (Italian: Gruppo Astrofili Montagna Pistoiese). Later on, this resulted in the construction of the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory. As the director of the observatory, he has collaborated with many discoverers in following up near-Earth objects and in finding minor planets since 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luciano Tesi is the 494th most popular astronomer (down from 463rd in 2019), the 3,666th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,715th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Luciano Tesi by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luciano Tesi ranks 494 out of 644. Before him are Mary Watson Whitney, Pelageya Shajn, Cleveland Abbe, Kaoru Ikeya, Guillermo Haro, and Wilhelm Anderson. After him are Arno Arthur Wachmann, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Forest Ray Moulton, Margaret Harwood, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, and Charles Piazzi Smyth.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Luciano Tesi ranks 403. Before him are Eva Bosáková, Ruth Klüger, Valeriu Bularca, Shirley Verrett, Ferenc Szojka, and Ángel Atienza. After him are Mordecai Richler, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Fay Weldon, Giovanni Zucchi, Regis Philbin, and David Cherkassky.

Others Born in 1931

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luciano Tesi ranks 3,667 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrea Costa (1851), Den Harrow (1962), Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), Francesco Brioschi (1824), Carla Marangoni (1915), and Filippo Parlatore (1816). After him are Giovanni Berchet (1783), Carlo Biagi (1914), Jovanotti (1966), Giovanni Zucchi (1931), Giorgio Scarlatti (1921), and Giacomo Capuzzi (1929).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Luciano Tesi ranks 25. Before him are Luigi Carnera (1875), Guido Bonatti (1210), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Ercole Dembowski (1812), and Elia Millosevich (1848). After him are Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), Giuseppe Asclepi (1706), Barnaba Oriani (1752), Maura Tombelli (1952), Stefano Sposetti (1958), and Andrea Boattini (1969).

Italian born Astronomers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous