Vincenzo Zappalà

Minor planets discovered: 9
see § List of discovered minor planets

Vincenzo Zappalà (born 1945) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of several main-belt asteroids.

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovered of 9 minor planets. All of his discoveries he made at ESO's Chilean La Silla Observatory in 1984, with the exception of 17357 Lucataliano, which he discovered at Mount Stromlo Observatory in 1978. He has also been a long-term astronomer at the Observatory of Turin in Pino Torinese.

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