Carlos Ulrrico Cesco (died 1987) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina. He was a well-known

discoverer of minor planets This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numb ...

credited by the

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(MPC) with the discovery of 19 numbered minor planets.

Family

His older brother, Ronaldo P. Cesco, was a mathematician and celestial mechanician and director of the

La Plata Observatory The La Plata Astronomical Observatory ( es, Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata) is an observatory located in the city of La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its IAU code is 839. History La Plata was a planned ci ...

. They both studied at the

Universidad de la Plata The La Plata National University ( es, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP) is one of the most important Argentine national universities and the biggest one situated in the city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires Province. It has over 90, ...

Legacy

The ''Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory'' is named after him ''(formerly known as the

Félix Aguilar Observatory Félix Aguilar Observatory ( es, Observatorio Astronómico Félix Aguilar ; OAFA) 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 ( e ...

)''. The outer main-belt asteroid 1571 Cesco, discovered by

Miguel Itzigsohn 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 ...

at La Plata Observatory in 1950, was named after Carlos and Ronaldo Cesco. The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 6 June 1982 ().

References

1987 deaths 20th-century Argentine astronomers Discoverers of asteroids * Place of birth missing Year of birth missing {{astronomer-stub