Formigine is a small Italian town located 10 km south of Modena. Interesting sights there include a medieval castle with boundary walls and a drawbridge. Formigine is the birthplace of the wife of Ermes Colombini {see planet (7030)}, a codiscoverer of this minor planet, and since 1986 it has also been their new residence. (M 41385) _ _.
Discovered on 24-2-1998 in Bologna by Osservatorio San Vittore