Gonzalo Tancredi

Gonzalo Tancredi
Born (1963-08-03)August 3, 1963
Residence Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality Uruguayan
Fields Astronomy
Institutions Los Molinos Observatory, Associated Professor of Astronomy at the University of the Republic
Known for Often-cited list of plutoids

Gonzalo Tancredi (born 3 August 1963) is an Uruguayan astronomer and associated professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1] He is an active member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and investigator at Los Molinos Observatory.[2]

His list of possible dwarf planets, along with that of Michael E. Brown, is commonly considered, along with the five dwarf planets recognized by the IAU – Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris – to be the dwarf planets of the Solar System.[3] The main-belt asteroid 5088 Tancredi has been named after him.[4]

References

  1. "Gonzalo Tancredi—Departamento de Astronomia". Instituto de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias (Universidad de la República). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. "Individual Members—Gonzalo Tancredi". IAU-International Astronomical Union. 20 March 2014.
  3. Tancredi, Gonzalo (2010). "Physical and dynamical characteristics of icy "dwarf planets" (plutoids)" (PDF). Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 263, 2009 (International Astronomical Union 2010). doi:10.1017/S1743921310001717. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. "5088 Tancredi (1979 QZ1)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

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