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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefano Sposetti has received more than 14,960 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Stefano Sposetti is the 586th most popular astronomer, the 4,291st most popular biography from Italy and the 30th most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Stefano Sposetti ranks 586 out of 644. Before him are Adelaide Ames, Madge Adam, Maura Tombelli, Arnold Wolfendale, Masayuki Yanai, and Tomimaru Okuni. After him are Jana Tichá, John Huchra, Jan Kleyna, Rosaly Lopes, Satoru Otomo, and Lenka Kotková.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Stefano Sposetti ranks 562. Before him are Gilles Leroy, Frank Schaffer, Ion Draica, Joan Severance, Flemming Christensen, and Meredith Brooks. After him are Sam Matekane, Kim Greist, Shalva Natelashvili, Thomas Dolby, Alyson Reed, and Roland Koch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Stefano Sposetti ranks 4,291 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Moioli (1927), Egidio Miragoli (1955), Rinaldo Capello (1964), Alex Gaudino (1970), Antonio Donnarumma (1990), and Francesco Casagrande (1970). After him are Giuseppe Iachini (1964), Quintus Veranius (12), Federico Castelluccio (1964), Sebastiano Nela (1961), Enzo Moavero Milanesi (1954), and Jason Acuña (1973).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Stefano Sposetti ranks 30. Before him are Giorgio Abetti (1882), Giuseppe Asclepi (1706), Luciano Tesi (1931), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), Barnaba Oriani (1752), and Maura Tombelli (1952). After him are Andrea Boattini (1969).

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