1588 Descamisada is a main-belt

Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 discovered on June 27, 1951 by Miguel Itzigsohn

Miguel Itzigsohn

Miguel Itzigsohn was an Argentine astronomer.He discovered a number of asteroids, and also studied comets.He was a department director at the Observatorio Astronómico de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, specializing in astrometry and celestial mechanics, from 1955 to 1972.-External links:*...

. at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory

La Plata Astronomical Observatory

The La Plata Astronomical Observatory is an observatory located in the city of La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its IAU code is 839....

 in La Plata

La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. The object was named for Argentine first lady

First Lady

First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...

 Eva Perón

Eva Perón

María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...

, and its name is a feminized form of "descamisado

Descamisado

Descamisado is a Spanish word that literally means "without shirt" or "shirtless." The term was originally used as an insult by the elite of Argentina to describe the followers of Juan Perón, who served as president of Argentina from 1946 until 1955, and then again briefly from 1973 to 1974...

" (shirtless one) - a term used to denote the working class citizens which formed the support base of Peronism

Peronism

Peronism , or Justicialism , is an Argentine political movement based on the programmes associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Eva Perón...

. The asteroids 1569 Evita

1569 Evita

1569 Evita is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 3, 1948 by Miguel Itzigsohn. This object is named for former Argentine first lady Eva Perón, who was commonly known by the affectionate Spanish diminutive form of her name, Evita...

, 1581 Abanderada

1581 Abanderada

1581 Abanderada is a main belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina...

, 1582 Martir

1582 Martir

1582 Martir is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata. 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...

 and 1589 Fanatica

1589 Fanatica

1589 Fanatica is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1950 by Miguel Itzigsohn at Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata.- External links :*...

were also discovered by Itzigsohn, and were also given names in tribute to Perón.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1588 Descamisada