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Miguel Itzigsohn

1908 - 1978

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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. The outer main-belt asteroid 1596 Itzigsohn, which he discovered himself, was named in his memory on 1 August 1980 (M.P.C. 5449). Itzigsohn was a professor of spherical and practical astronomy. From 1955 to 1972, he was director of the extrameridian astronomy department at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Itzigsohn is the 509th most popular astronomer (up from 546th in 2019). (up from 4,517th in 2019)

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Among astronomers, Miguel Itzigsohn ranks 509 out of 644. Before him are Edwin Foster Coddington, Frederik Kaiser, William Henry Smyth, Ruby Payne-Scott, DeLisle Stewart, and Giuseppe Asclepi. After him are Julie Vinter Hansen, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, William Christie, Warren De la Rue, Alfred Bohrmann, and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist.

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Among people born in 1908, Miguel Itzigsohn ranks 319. Before him are Sylvio Hoffmann, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Louis Versyp, Vladimir I. Georgiev, Willi Eichhorn, and Pierre Graber. After him are Kazuo Hasegawa, Bohuslav Karlík, Ion Lăpușneanu, Nicholas Kurti, Jill Esmond, and Lya Lys. Among people deceased in 1978, Miguel Itzigsohn ranks 200. Before him are Peggy Wood, Josette Day, Vasili Merkuryev, Paul Yü Pin, Abdylas Maldybaev, and Franz Dienert. After him are John Doeg, Isidro Ayora, José Antonio Rodríguez, Sandy Denny, Mladen Ramljak, and Jesús Glaría.

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