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 post-docs in Switzerland, Spain, and Italy, he is now working at the Center of Studies and Activities for Space (CISAS) 'G. Colombo' 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

• Pre-hibernation performances of the OSIRIS cameras onboard the Rosetta spacecraft. Magrin et al. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 574, id.A123, 13 pp. (2015)
• Dust measurements in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko inbound to the Sun. Rotundi et al. Science, Volume 347, Issue 6220, article id. aaa3905. (2015).
• On the nucleus structure and activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Sierks et al. Science, Volume 347, Issue 6220, article id. aaa1044. (2015).
• The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Thomas et al. Science, Volume 347, Issue 6220, article id. aaa0440. (2015).
• 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Activity between March and June 2014 as observed from Rosetta/OSIRIS. Tubiana et al. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 573, id.A62, 11 pp. (2014).
• The rotation state of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from approach observations with the OSIRIS cameras on Rosetta. Mottola et al. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 569, id.L2, 5 pp. (2014).
• Phobos as a D-Type Captured Asteroid, Spectral Modeling from 0.25 to 4.0 μm. Pajola et al. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 777, Issue 2, article id. 127, 6 pp. (2013).
• Asteroids Close-Up: What We Have Learned from Twenty Years of Space Exploration. Bertini I. In 'Asteroids. Prospective Energy and Material Resources'. Viorel Badescu Editor. Springer (2013).
• Spectrophotometry investigation of Phobos with the Rosetta OSIRIS-NAC camera and implications for its collisional capture. Pajola et al. MNRAS, Volume 427, Issue 4, 3230–3243 (2012).
• Search for satellites near (21) Lutetia using OSIRIS/Rosetta images. Bertini I. et al. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 66, Issue 1, 64-70 (2012).
• Crossing barriers in planetesimal formation: The growth of mm-dust aggregates with large constituent grains. Jankowski T. et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics 542, A80 (2012)
• Photometric observations of comet 81P/Wild 2 during the 2010 perihelion passage. Bertini I. et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics 541, A159 (2012).
• 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).