Name Miguel Itzigsohn | Role Astronomer | |
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Miguel Itzigsohn (18??–1978) was an Argentine astronomer. He discovered a number of asteroids, and also studied comets.
He was a department director at the Observatorio Astronomico de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics, from 1955 to 1972. He was responsible for the surge in observational and computational activity in studies of minor planets in Argentina following World War II.
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