DANIELE GARDIOL
Daniele Gardiol is an astronomer at the italian National Institute for Astrophysics. After getting a Physics degree, he spent most of his time in designing and building astronomical instrumentation.
He was member of the Commissioning Group of the italian National Telescope Galileo, located at the Canary Islands. He was responsible for the Instrument model of the astrometric ESA mission Gaia. Currently he is National Coordinator of PRISMA, the italian fireball network dedicated to the observation of bright meteors and the recovery of freshly fallen meteorites. So far PRISMA recovered 2 meteorites, namely Cavezzo in 2020 and Matera in 2023: These meteorites are in a group of less than 50 meteorites recovered with such methods worldwide. He is also heavily involved in outreach and educational activities on the subject of Minor Bodies of our Solar System.
He was member of the Commissioning Group of the italian National Telescope Galileo, located at the Canary Islands. He was responsible for the Instrument model of the astrometric ESA mission Gaia. Currently he is National Coordinator of PRISMA, the italian fireball network dedicated to the observation of bright meteors and the recovery of freshly fallen meteorites. So far PRISMA recovered 2 meteorites, namely Cavezzo in 2020 and Matera in 2023: These meteorites are in a group of less than 50 meteorites recovered with such methods worldwide. He is also heavily involved in outreach and educational activities on the subject of Minor Bodies of our Solar System.
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