He discovered a number of asteroids, and also studied comets. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp For other uses, see Comet (disambiguation). ...
He was a department director at the Observatorio AstronĂ³mico de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics, from 1955 to 1972. La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Celestial mechanics is a division of astronomy dealing with the motions and gravitational effects of celestial objects. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...
In fact, the concept of beginnings are changing too, and a connection between the births of Eva Peron, Madonna, her daughter Lola, and the astronomers calculating asteroid orbits and naming them is not as far fetched now as it used to be.
Shortly before Eva Peron's death in 1952, Argentine astronomerMiguelItzigsohn's admiration for the social and humanitarian activities of Evita, as she was called, moved him to name all five asteroids in her honor.
Whatever vibrational energy inspired Itzigsohn to name those asteroids for Evita, was apparently transferred to Madonna at her birth when those same asteroids were directly overhead.