Asteroid 13052, Las Casas, was discovered on September 22, 1990 by Eric W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It has a period of 4 years, 114 days.
It was named for Spanish Catholic priest Bartolome de Las Casas (1474-1565), considered one of the first human rights activists; he fought for the rights of the indigenous people of the Western Hemisphere and against its military conquest by Europeans. He wrote Brief Report on the Destruction of the Indians, a graphic account of the atrocities of the Spanish conquerors against the American Indian peoples they encountered.
Bartolome De Las Casas
The meaning of asteroid Las Casas (Spanish for "the houses") seems to be: concern with human rights & indigenous issues, anti-imperialism; houses, home construction.