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Stefano Sposetti

1958 - Today

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Stefano Sposetti (born 22 December 1958) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. He lives in Gnosca, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland in the Ticino Alps, where the Gnosca Observatory is located. Sposetti took images of 2004 FH, an Aten asteroid that made a sub-lunar flyby of Earth. In addition, he detects the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts and conducts transit photometry on exoplanets at his observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefano Sposetti is the 605th most popular astronomer (down from 586th in 2019), the 4,361st most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,292nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Stefano Sposetti ranks 605 out of 644. Before him are Wendy Freedman, Fernand Rigaux, Merieme Chadid, Chad Trujillo, William Kwong Yu Yeung, and Richard van der Riet Woolley. After him are Jan Kleyna, Françoise Combes, Geoffrey Marcy, Miloš Tichý, Andrea Boattini, and Frank B. Zoltowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Stefano Sposetti ranks 640. Before him are Brice Hortefeux, José María Rivas, Linnea Quigley, Rainer Hasler, Ron Simmons, and Brenda Phillips. After him are Mitch Albom, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Tom Lanoye, Chieko Asakawa, Regina Maršíková, and Daley Thompson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Stefano Sposetti ranks 4,362 out of 5,161. Before him are Stefano Eranio (1966), Bianca Balti (1984), Novella Calligaris (1954), Fabio Borini (1991), Diego Sinagra (1986), and Dado Coletti (1974). After him are Davide Ballardini (1964), Luca Antonini (1982), Anna Kanakis (1962), Stefano Colantuono (1962), Raffaella Reggi (1965), and Pietro Piller Cottrer (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Stefano Sposetti ranks 30. Before him are Elia Millosevich (1848), Luciano Tesi (1931), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), Giuseppe Asclepi (1706), Barnaba Oriani (1752), and Maura Tombelli (1952). After him are Andrea Boattini (1969).

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