2399 Terradas
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2399 Terradas is an asteroid
found on 17 June 1971 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco
from El Leoncito.
It is named in memory of Esteban Terradas i Illa
(1883-1950), a Spanish
mathematician and professor at the Universities of Zaragoza
, Barcelona
and Madrid
.
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...
found on 17 June 1971 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco
Carlos Ulrrico Cesco
Carlos Ulrico Cesco was an Argentine astronomer. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina.He discovered numerous asteroids.The Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory is named after him....
from El Leoncito.
It is named in memory of Esteban Terradas i Illa
Esteban Terradas i Illa
Esteban Terradas i Illa was a Spanish mathematician, scientist and engineer. He researched and taught widely in the fields of mathematics and the physical sciences, working not only in his native Catalonia, but also in the rest of Spain and in South America...
(1883-1950), a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
mathematician and professor at the Universities of Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
.