# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augusto-testa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:05:22.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augusto-testa"
name: "Augusto Testa"
slug: "augusto-testa"
description: "Augusto Testa  is an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, observing at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in northern Italy. According to the Minor Planet Center, he has discovered numerous asteroids during 1994–2000, all of them in collaboration with other astronomers (see table legend). In recognition of his achievements, the main-belt asteroid 11667 Testa, discovered by Luciano Tesi and Andrea Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory in 1997, was named after him."
tagline: "Italian astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.46
  momentum:             18.87445887445887
  historical:           9.135637333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Testa"
    title: "Augusto Testa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Теста, Аугусто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump