Arcadio Poveda | |
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Born | 15 July 1930 |
Died | 24 March 2022 (aged 91)
Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley [2] |
Known for | Poveda's formula [3] |
Awards | National Prize for Arts and Science (Mexico, 1975) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Renán Arcadio Poveda Ricalde (15 July 1930 – 24 March 2022 [4]) was a Mexican prominent astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies. [1] He received Mexico's National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1975, chaired its National Astronomical Observatory from 1968 to 1980 and was elected to The National College in 1989. [2]
Poveda was born in Mérida, Yucatán. He initially enrolled at the National Autonomous University of Mexico but ended up graduating with both a Bachelor of Arts degree (1953) and a PhD in Astronomy (1956) from the University of California, Berkeley. [2] Afterward, he moved back to Mexico and enrolled at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University, where he has worked as a researcher since 1956. As a visiting scholar, he has lectured at the Institute of Astrophysics in France ( CNRS, 1963), Columbia University (1967), Kitt Peak National Observatory (1981–82, 1983–84), and at the University of California, San Diego (1982–83). [2]
A public planetarium in his native Mérida, is named in his honor. [5]
Arcadio Poveda | |
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Born | 15 July 1930 |
Died | 24 March 2022 (aged 91)
Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley [2] |
Known for | Poveda's formula [3] |
Awards | National Prize for Arts and Science (Mexico, 1975) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Renán Arcadio Poveda Ricalde (15 July 1930 – 24 March 2022 [4]) was a Mexican prominent astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies. [1] He received Mexico's National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1975, chaired its National Astronomical Observatory from 1968 to 1980 and was elected to The National College in 1989. [2]
Poveda was born in Mérida, Yucatán. He initially enrolled at the National Autonomous University of Mexico but ended up graduating with both a Bachelor of Arts degree (1953) and a PhD in Astronomy (1956) from the University of California, Berkeley. [2] Afterward, he moved back to Mexico and enrolled at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University, where he has worked as a researcher since 1956. As a visiting scholar, he has lectured at the Institute of Astrophysics in France ( CNRS, 1963), Columbia University (1967), Kitt Peak National Observatory (1981–82, 1983–84), and at the University of California, San Diego (1982–83). [2]
A public planetarium in his native Mérida, is named in his honor. [5]