Carlos Ulrrico Cesco (died 1987) was an

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. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina. He was a well-known

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credited by the

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(MPC) with the discovery of 19 numbered minor planets. His older brother, Ronaldo P. Cesco, was a mathematician and celestial mechanician and director of the La Plata Observatory. They both studied at the

Universidad de la Plata The National University of La Plata (, UNLP) is a national public research university located in the city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has over 90,000 regular students, 10,000 teaching staff, 17 departments and 106 ...

Legacy

The ''Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory'' is named after him ''(formerly known as the

Félix Aguilar Observatory Félix Aguilar Observatory ( ; OAFA) is an astronomical observatory established in 1953, in San Juan Province, Argentina. In 1974, it was renamed to Carlos Ulrrico Cesco Astronomical Station ( ; EACUC). Its primary observing facility is located i ...

)''. The outer main-belt asteroid

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, discovered by

Miguel Itzigsohn Miguel Itzigsohn (1908–1978) was an Argentina, Argentine astronomer and observer of comets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 15 asteroids between 1948 and 1954. The outer main-belt asteroid 1596 Itzigsohn, which he disc ...

at La Plata Observatory in 1950, was named after Carlos and Ronaldo Cesco. The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 6 June 1982 ().

References

1987 deaths 20th-century Argentine astronomers Discoverers of asteroids * Place of birth missing Year of birth missing {{astronomer-stub