Italian radio-astronomer Lucia Padrielli (1943-2003) was closely involved in the “northern cross” radio telescope and in VLBI observations. During her career sheparticipated actively in Italian reseach policy, and she was president of IAU Commission 40 (Radio Astronomy).
Discovered on 13-5-1971 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.