Gonzalo Tancredi

Gonzalo Tancredi
Tancredi in 2022
Born(1963-03-08)March 8, 1963
NationalityUruguayan
Known forOften-cited list of dwarf planets
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsLos Molinos Observatory, Full Professor of Astronomy at the University of the Republic

Gonzalo Tancredi (born 8 March 1963) is an Uruguayan astronomer and full 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 2010 evaluation of potential dwarf planets[3] was considered by the IAU, though never acted on. The Themistian asteroid 5088 Tancredi has been named after him.[4]

  1. ^ "Gonzalo Tancredi—Departamento de Astronomía". Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias (Universidad de la República). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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