Adela Emilia Ringuelet (27 March 1930 – 26 April 2023) was an Argentine astrophysicist and astronomer at the Félix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina.[1][2]
She was a co-founder of the Argentine Astronomical Association (Spanish: Asociación Argentina de Astronomía) and an active member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), where she had been affiliated with several of its commissions. As of 2017, she was a member of IAU's Division G, "Stars and Stellar Physics". Her research includes more than 100 publications in the field of stellar spectroscopy.[1][2]
Born in La Plata, Argentina, she studied astronomy at the Escuela Superior de Astronomía y Geofísica with her fellow students Nora Schreiber and Elsa Guttierez. In 1958, she began working at the Félix Aguilar Observatory. She was married[citation needed] to prominent Argentine astrophysicist Jorge Sahade (1915–2012), a director of the La Plata and Cordoba Observatories and former president of the IAU, with whom she published on stellar spectroscopy.[3][4]
The main-belt asteroid 5793 Ringuelet, discovered by the staff of the Félix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito in 1975, was named in her honor.[1] Naming citation was published on 26 September 2007 (M.P.C. 60727).[5]
Ringuelet died on 26 April 2023, at the age of 93.[6]
See also
- 2605 Sahade, main-belt asteroid named after Jorge Sahade
References
- ^ a b c "5793 Ringuelet (1975 TK6)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Adela E. Ringuelet". IAU – International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2605) Sahade". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2605) Sahade. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 213. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2606. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Ringuelet, A. E.; Sahade, J. (June 1984). "CA II in HD 190073 Revisited". The Messenger. 36 (36): 23. Bibcode:1984Msngr..36...23R.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Avisos Fúnebres". El Día (La Plata). 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
External links
- History of the A.A.A., (Asociación Argentina de Astronomía) (in Spanish)
- Aniversario del Observatorio Astronómico de la UNLP, images of Ringuelet, Sahade and other astronomers (in Spanish)
- Asteroides argentinos, list of minor planets (in Spanish)
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