Virpi Niemelä

Virpi Sinikka Niemelä (26 December 1936 in Helsinki – 18 December 2006 in Argentina) was a leading Finnish Argentine astronomer. She was the second Argentine to be elected for Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Born in Finland, she emigrated with her family to Argentina in 1954 where she lived for the majority of her life. She became a citizen, married and had two sons.

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