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.^[2] The outer main-belt asteroid 1596 Itzigsohn, which he discovered himself, was named in his memory on 1 August 1980 (M.P.C. 5449).^[3][4]

Minor planets discovered: 15^[1]

1569 Evita	3 August 1948	list
1571 Cesco	20 March 1950	list
1581 Abanderada	15 June 1950	list
1582 Martir	15 June 1950	list
1588 Descamisada	27 June 1951	list
1589 Fanatica	13 September 1950	list
1596 Itzigsohn	8 March 1951	list
1608 Muñoz	1 September 1951	list
1684 Iguassú	23 August 1951	list
1688 Wilkens	3 March 1951	list
1779 Paraná	15 June 1950	list
1800 Aguilar	12 September 1950	list
1801 Titicaca	23 September 1952	list
1821 Aconcagua	24 June 1950	list
1970 Sumeria	12 March 1954	list

Itzigsohn was a professor of spherical and practical astronomy.^[3] From 1955 to 1972, he was director of the extrameridian astronomy department at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics. He was responsible for the surge in observational and computational activity in studies of minor planets in Argentina following World War II.^[3][5]