Francesco Pedani (1953-1998) was an amateur astronomer, biologist and school teacher of science and mathematics. In 1988 he founded the Societ Astronomica Fiorentina, an association of amateur astronomers based in Florence, Italy. He was its first president until his untimely death.
Discovered on 7-12-1997 in Cima Ekar by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M.