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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.
| 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]
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Félix Aguilar Observatory is an astronomical observatory. It was established in 1953, in San Juan Province, Argentina. In 1974, it was renamed to Carlos Ulrrico Cesco Astronomical Station.
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1919 Clemence, provisional designation 1971 SA, is a bright Hungaria asteroid and suspected tumbler from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 September 1971, by American astronomer James Gibson together with Argentine astronomer Carlos Cesco at the Yale-Columbia Southern Station at Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina. It is named after astronomer Gerald Clemence.
4008 Corbin, provisional designation 1977 BY, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 January 1977, by staff members of the Felix Aguilar Observatory's at the Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina.
1917 Cuyo is an stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 5.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 January 1968, by astronomer Carlos Cesco and A. G. Samuel at El Leoncito Observatory, Argentina.
1991 Darwin, provisional designation 1967 JL, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
1588 Descamisada, provisional designation 1951 MH, is an Eos asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 June 1951, by astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina, and named in honor of Eva Perón.
1589 Fanatica, provisional designation 1950 RK, is a stony, Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 September 1950, by Argentine astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina. It was named after Eva Perón.
2308 Schilt, provisional designation 1967 JM, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 May 1967, by Argentine astronomer Carlos Cesco together with American astronomer Arnold Klemola at the Yale–Columbia Southern Station at Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina.
1779 Paraná, provisional designation 1950 LZ, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.
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