Miguel_Itzigsohn

Miguel Itzigsohn

Miguel Itzigsohn

Argentine astronomer

Miguel Itzigsohn (1908–1978) was an Argentine astronomer and observer of comets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 15 asteroids between 1948 and 1954.[2] The outer main-belt asteroid 1596 Itzigsohn, which he discovered himself, was named in his memory on 1 August 1980 (M.P.C. 5449).[3][4]

Minor planets discovered: 15 [1]
1569 Evita3 August 1948list
1571 Cesco20 March 1950list
1581 Abanderada15 June 1950list
1582 Martir15 June 1950list
1588 Descamisada27 June 1951list
1589 Fanatica13 September 1950list
1596 Itzigsohn8 March 1951list
1608 Muñoz1 September 1951list
1684 Iguassú23 August 1951list
1688 Wilkens3 March 1951list
1779 Paraná15 June 1950list
1800 Aguilar12 September 1950list
1801 Titicaca23 September 1952list
1821 Aconcagua24 June 1950list
1970 Sumeria12 March 1954list

Itzigsohn was a professor of spherical and practical astronomy.[3] From 1955 to 1972, he was director of the extrameridian astronomy department at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics. He was responsible for the surge in observational and computational activity in studies of minor planets in Argentina following World War II.[3][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    Federación de Entidades Culturales Judías de Argentina. "200 personalidades judeo-argentinas – #179 Miguel Itzigsohn" [200 Jewish-Argentinian personalities] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1596) Itzigsohn". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1596) Itzigsohn. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 126. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1597. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  4. [4]
    "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. [5]
    G. Sitarski, "20. Positions and motions of minor planets" Trans. IAU, 18, 195 (1982).


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