| Asteroids discovered: 16 | |
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| 466 Tisiphone[1] | January 17, 1901 |
| 469 Argentina | February 20, 1901 |
| 470 Kilia | April 21, 1901 |
| 472 Roma | July 11, 1901 |
| 476 Hedwig | August 17, 1901 |
| 477 Italia | August 23, 1901 |
| 478 Tergeste | September 21, 1901 |
| 479 Caprera | November 12, 1901 |
| 480 Hansa[1] | May 21, 1901 |
| 481 Emita | February 12, 1902 |
| 485 Genua | May 7, 1902 |
| 486 Cremona | May 11, 1902 |
| 487 Venetia | July 9, 1902 |
| 488 Kreusa[1] | June 26, 1902 |
| 489 Comacina | September 2, 1902 |
| 808 Merxia | October 11, 1901 |
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Luigi Carnera (born in Trieste April 14, 1875, died in Florence, July 30, 1962) was an Italian astronomer.
In his early career he worked as Max Wolf's assistant at Heidelberg, Germany and discovered a number of asteroids. He worked in Germany, Italy and Argentina before returning to Italy for good in 1908.
He was director of Trieste Observatory starting in 1919; Trieste had just been annexed to Italy following World War I. He then became director of Capodimonte Observatory in Naples starting in 1932 and until his retirement in 1950. In 1943 during World War II, the observatory was temporarily occupied by American and British troops in order to install a radar station.