Dennis di Cicco

+ Minor planets discovered: 60 born 1950) is an American amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, who lives in New England.

He has discovered 60 numbered asteroids from his backyard observatory in Sudbury, Massachusetts (IAU code: 817). His special interests include astronomical photography and the history of astronomical photography, telescope making, and astronomical observing. During 1978 and 1979 he was the first person to successfully photograph the analemma, making 48 separate exposures on a single piece of film during a 12-month period. The project is described in the June 1979 issue of Sky & Telescope. The asteroid 3841 Dicicco was named after him.

Di Cicco conducted observations and calculations to determine the exact time and date of Ansel Adams’ famous 1941 photograph, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.

He grew up in Hanover, Massachusetts.

List of discovered minor planets

7311 Hildehan October 14, 1995 7610 Sudbury December 3, 1995 8900 AAVSO October 24, 1995 9983 Rickfienberg February 19, 1995 10153 Goldman October 26, 1994 10373 MacRobert March 14, 1996 10596 Stevensimpson October 4, 1996 11132 Horne November 17, 1996 12780 Salamony February 9, 1995 October 5, 1996 October 3, 1995 November 30, 1996 October 23, 1995 November 12, 1996 December 9, 1996 October 12, 1996 November 10, 1996 November 23, 1994 January 30, 1995 March 14, 1996 27899 Letterman August 18, 1996 October 12, 1996 January 9, 1997 October 24, 1995 December 3, 1995 October 8, 1996 December 9, 1996 December 26, 1997 December 23, 1995 November 12, 1996 November 17, 1996 January 29, 1997 January 16, 1996 October 12, 1996 October 12, 1995 October 1, 1996 October 23, 1995 March 14, 1996 October 12, 1995 October 12, 1996 December 12, 1995 September 20, 1996 November 10, 1996 November 12, 1996 November 12, 1996 November 16, 1996 December 12, 1995 October 5, 1996 October 15, 1996 November 10, 1996 November 17, 1996 November 17, 1996 October 15, 1996 November 11, 1996 November 10, 1996 October 15, 1996 November 10, 1996 October 13, 1996 November 16, 1996 October 1, 1996