1582 Martir

Martir
Discovery and designation
Discovered by M. Itzigsohn
Discovery site La Plata
Discovery date June 15, 1950
Designations
MPC designation 1582
Named after
 Eva Perón
1950 LY
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.5614266
Perihelion 2.7443672
Eccentricity 0.1295728
2044.8577026
149.91562
Inclination 11.61532
94.04959
129.70646
Physical characteristics
0.0570
10.90

    1582 Martir (1950 LY) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata.[1] at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina. The object was named for Argentine first lady Eva Perón, and its name translates from Spanish to "martyr", a term sometimes given her alongside in relation to her work towards social justice.[2] The asteroids 1569 Evita, 1581 Abanderada, 1588 Descamisada and 1589 Fanatica were also discovered by Itzigsohn, and were also given names in tribute to Perón.

    Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 15.668 ± 0.004 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.36 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K. (August 29, 2003). "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1582 Martir". NASA. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
    2. ↑ Barnes, John (1996). Evita, First Lady: a Biography of Eva Perón. Argentina: Grove Press. p. 165.
    3. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - late 2005 and early 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 33: 58–62, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...58W.

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