Carlos Ulrrico Cesco
Argentine astronomer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Ulrrico Cesco (died 1987) was an Argentine astronomer. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina. He was a well-known discoverer of minor planets credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of 19 numbered minor planets.[1][2]
His older brother, Ronaldo P. Cesco, was a mathematician and celestial mechanician and director of the La Plata Observatory.[2] They both studied at the Universidad de la Plata.
Legacy
| 1770 Schlesinger [A] | May 10, 1967 |
| 1829 Dawson [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 1867 Deiphobus | March 3, 1971 |
| 1917 Cuyo [B] | January 1, 1968 |
| 1919 Clemence [C] | September 16, 1971 |
| 1920 Sarmiento [C] | November 11, 1971 |
| 1958 Chandra | September 24, 1970 |
| 1991 Darwin [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 2308 Schilt [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 2399 Terradas | June 17, 1971 |
| 2504 Gaviola [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 3833 Calingasta [C] | September 27, 1971 |
| 5299 Bittesini | June 8, 1969 |
| 5757 Tichá [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 8127 Beuf | April 27, 1967 |
| 8128 Nicomachus [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 10450 Girard [A] | May 6, 1967 |
| 11437 Cardalda [C] | September 16, 1971 |
| (30720) 1969 GB | April 9, 1969 |
| A with A. R. Klemola, B with A. G. Samuel, C with J. Gibson | |
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The Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory is named after him (formerly known as the Félix Aguilar Observatory).
The outer main-belt asteroid 1571 Cesco, discovered by Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata Observatory in 1950, was named after Carlos and Ronaldo Cesco.[2] The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 6 June 1982 (M.P.C. 6954).[3]
References
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