| northanger ( @ 2006-02-15 06:02:00 |
learned about Evita Perón from the cast recording of the musical Evita (Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin). been debating whether to add asteroid #1569-EVITA. two things persuade: {1} great photo of a "brown" woman via lecolonelchabert via brownfemipower; {2} asteroids discovered & named by Argentine astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn in honor of Evita Perón: #1569-EVITA, #1581-ABANDERADA, #1582-MARTIR, #1588-DESCAMISADA & #1589-FANATICA.
more :: #1569-EVITA, (Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina), #1571-CESCO, (Reynaldo Cesco and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Argentine astronomers), #1581-ABANDERADA (Spanish for "leader carrying a banner", in honour of Eva Perón), #1582-MARTIR (Spanish for "martyr", in honour of Eva Perón), #1588-DESCAMISADA (Spanish for "shirtless" (worker), in honour of Eva Perón), #1589-FANATICA (Spanish for "fanatical woman", in honour of Eva Perón), #1608-MUÑOZ (F. A. Muñoz, astronomer), #1684-IGUASSÚ, (Iguassu Falls, on the Iguaçu river, Brazil/Argentina), #1688-WILKENS (Alexander Wilkens, Argentine astronomer), #1779-PARANÁ, (Paraná River, Argentina), #1800-AGUILAR, (Félix Aguilar, Argentine astronomer, or Antonio Aguilar, Spanish astronomer), #1801-TITICACA, (Lake Titicaca, Peru), #1821-ACONCAGUA, (Aconcagua, mountain in the Andes), #1970-SUMERIA, (Sumer, ancient kingdom) & #1596-ITZIGSOHN, (Argentinian astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn).
#1970-SUMERIA already on 827 List; going to add asteroid #1596-ITZIGSOHN to cover all of these asteroids for now.