Adela Ringuelet | |
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| Died | 26 April 2023  |
| Spouse(s) | Jorge Sahade |
Adela Emilia Ringuelet (27 March 1930 – 26 April 2023) was an Argentineastrophysicist andastronomer at theFélix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina.[1][2]
She was a co-founder of theArgentine Astronomical Association (Spanish:Asociación Argentina de Astronomía) and an active member of theInternational 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 stellarspectroscopy.[1][2]
Born inLa Plata, Argentina, she studied astronomy at theEscuela 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 astrophysicistJorge Sahade (1915–2012), a director of theLa Plata andCordoba Observatories and former president of the IAU, with whom she published on stellar spectroscopy.[3][4]
Themain-belt asteroid5793 Ringuelet, discovered by the staff of the Félix Aguilar Observatory atEl 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]
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