Vittorio Goretti

Who is Vittorio Goretti?

Vittorio Goretti is an Italian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids at his observatory in Pianoro, on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy.

Vittorio Goretti has discovered 32 main-belt asteroids, nine of them assigned permanent numbers as of April 2011. He is a member of the Cortina Astronomical Association and is also a collaborator with the Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory monitoring Near-Earth Asteroids brighter than magnitude 18.0 V under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union at his own Pianoro Observatory. Asteroid 7801 Goretti has been named in his honour.

Goretti is a retired teacher of physics and mathematics at secondary school level in Bologna.