Walter Ferreri, originally from Buddusò

Buddusò

Buddusò is a comune in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 150 km north of Cagliari and about 45 km southwest of Olbia...

 in Sardinia

Sardinia

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, is an astronomer at Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino in Italy

Italy

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 and a science writer. He is a member of the "Division III Commission 20 Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites" and the "Division III Planetary Systems Sciences" at the IAU

IAU

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. 3308 Ferreri

3308 Ferreri

3308 Ferreri is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1, 1981 by Debehogne, H. and DeSanctis, G. at La Silla. The asteroid is named after Walter Ferreri, an astronomer at Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino.- External links :*...

is named after him for his contributions for and popularization of astronomy.