Asteroide N. 12442

Scoperto il 23/02/1996 - Sigla provvisoria 1996 DO1

Beltramemass

Designazione adottata ufficialmente dal Minor Planet Center, Cambridge (USA),
sulla Minor Planet Circular MPC 47300

Named in memory of Massimiliano Beltrame (1942-2001) Teacher.He was born in Terni (Italy). He took a degree in engineering and he taught topography and science of construction in a local High school. He had a great interest for astronomy and spent many a night observing the sky with his inseparable telescope. He published articles on astronomical newspaper. His speciality were the photographs: he took the last picture of a lunar eclipse from the bed where he lay the last months of his life. An astronomical club has been founded in Terni called "A.T.A. Massimiliano Beltrame". He instilled the taste of looking at the stars in many young, and not only, people.

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