Gonzalo Tancredi
Gonzalo Tancredi | |
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Tancredi in 2022 | |
| Born | March 8, 1963 |
| Nationality | Uruguayan |
| Known for | Often-cited list of dwarf planets |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Los 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. He is an active member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and investigator at Los Molinos Observatory.
His 2010 evaluation of potential dwarf planets was considered by the IAU, though never acted on. The Themistian asteroid 5088 Tancredi has been named after him.