ASTRONOMER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Itzigsohn has received more than 9,178 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Itzigsohn is the 546th most popular astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Miguel Itzigsohn ranks 546 out of 644. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller, Andrew Ainslie Common, Walter Frederick Gale, Gary Hug, György Kulin, and Helen Sawyer Hogg. After him are Vera Gaze, Anne Sewell Young, Ewine van Dishoeck, Thomas Brisbane, Avi Loeb, and David Rittenhouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Miguel Itzigsohn ranks 383. Before him are Noël Liétaer, Alexey Okladnikov, Stanley Wagner, Gheorghe Ciolac, Fidel Ortiz, and Víctor Peralta. After him are Francisco Aguirre, William Thompson, Bohuslav Karlík, Branislav Hrnjiček, Marceline Day, and Theodore Roethke. Among people deceased in 1978, Miguel Itzigsohn ranks 241. Before him are Dan Dailey, Michael Bates, Mauk Weber, Tibor Serly, Alexander Wetmore, and Theo Helfrich. After him are Alfred Braun, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Robert Sobukwe, Noble Johnson, Pavel Antokolsky, and Wendy Barrie.

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