Ivano Bertini

Ivano Bertini (born April, 1968, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian astronomer.

He got the Master degree in Astronomy at the University of Padua in 2001, discussing a thesis about the discovery, astrometry, and photometry of asteroids with the Wide Angle Camera of the OSIRIS two-camera system instrument on board the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. He obtained the PhD title of Doctor in Space Science and Technologies at the University of Padua in 2005. The thesis regarded “A new model of cometary dust and the Wide Angle Camera of the Rosetta Mission”. After several post-docs in Switzerland, Spain, and Italy, he is now working at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Padua, Italy. His main research field is the observational study and theoretical modelling of the dust environment in comets. Asteroid 95008 Ivanobertini is named in his honor.

Publications

• Images of Asteroid 21 Lutetia: A Remnant Planetesimal from the Early Solar System. Sierks H. et al. Science 334, 487-490 (2011).
• Main Belt Comets: A new class of small bodies in the solar system. Bertini I. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 59, Issues 5-6, 365-377 (2011).
• E-Type Asteroid (2867) Šteins as Imaged by OSIRIS on Board Rosetta. Keller H. U. et al. Science 327, 190-193 (2010).
• Coma Structures in Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, Components B and C, Between January and May 2006. Vincent J-B. et al. Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 106, Issue 1, 27-35 (2010).
• The influence of the monomer shape in the first stage of dust growth in the protoplanetary disk. Bertini I. et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 504, 625-633 (2009).
• Activity evolution, outbursts, and splitting events of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. Bertini I. et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 496, 235-247 (2009).
• Modeling of the light scattering properties of cometary dust using fractal aggregates. Bertini I. et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 461, Issue 1, January I 2007, 351-364 (2007).
• Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 around the Deep Impact event by the OSIRIS cameras onboard Rosetta. Keller H. U. et al. Icarus, Volume 187, Issue 1, 87-103 (2007).
• A large dust/ice ratio in the nucleus of comet 9P/Tempel 1. Kuppers M. et al. Nature, Volume 437, Issue 7061, 987-990 (2005).
• A portrait of 4979 Otawara, target of the Rosetta space mission. Fornasier S. et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 398, 327-333 (2003).

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 95008 Ivanobertini
• The Asiago-DLR Asteroid-Survey
• OSIRIS - The Scientific Imaging System for Rosetta
• ESA Rosetta Mission