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Discovered 1989 Jan. 29 at Osservatorio San Vittore.
Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) is famous for Il Gattopardo, whose fictional protagonist, Prince Fabrizio Salina, modeled on the author's own grandfather, was an amateur astronomer who discovered and named minor planets "Salina" in honor of his family and "Svelto" in memory of his favorite dog.
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