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Martir Discovery and designationDiscovered by M. Itzigsohn Discovery site La Plata Discovery date June 15, 1950 DesignationsMPC designation 1582 Named after Eva Perón Alternate name(s) 1950 LY Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.5614266 Peri 2.7443672 Eccentricity 0.1295728 Orbital period 2044.8577026 Mean anomaly 149.91562 Inclination 11.61532 Longitude of ascending node 94.04959 Argument of peri 129.70646 Geometric albedo 0.0570 Absolute magnitude (H) 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.
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- ^ Yeomans, Donald K. (August 29, 2003). "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1582 Martir". NASA. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1582+Martir. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ Barnes, John (1996). Evita, First Lady: a Biography of Eva Perón. Argentina: Grove Press. pp. 165. http://books.google.com/books?id=ip5zbILYNDAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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