Asteroid 18883 Domegge was discovered by Gina Fedon and Mark Abraham

Mark Abraham

Mark Abraham formerly an American amateur astronomer, asteroid hunter, owner and principal operator of the EverStaR Observatory in Olathe, Kansas. Mark also has 4 additional asteroids rediscovery/discoveries not yet named awaiting further follow-up and confirmation work...

 from their EverStaR Observatory. The name was chosen by Gina, who grew up in Domegge di Cadore

Domegge di Cadore

Domegge di Cadore is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km north of Venice and about 40 km northeast of Belluno.-External links:*...

, a village in the Italian Eastern Alps, the Dolomites

Dolomites

The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley...

. She remembered the nights she spent looking up at the stars outside her childhood home, and as her interest in astronomy

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

started there, she thought the name would be appropriate.