Julio Ángel Fernández

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Julio Ángel Fernández
Universidad de la República
Occupation(s)astronomer, teacher

Julio Ángel Fernández Alves (born 5 April 1946)

5996 Julioangel, discovered in 1983, was named after him.[6]

He is an active researcher of the Researchers National System of Uruguay.[7]

Fernandez is member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.[8][9][10]

Kuiper belt

In 1980, in his paper On the existence of a comet belt beyond Neptune, Fernández proposed that

trans-Neptunian population.[14]

Definition of planet

In 2006, Fernández was one of a number of dissenters at the

cleared their neighbourhoods of planetesimals, describing those objects which had not cleared their orbits yet retained a spherical shape as "planetoids."[15] The IAU's final definition incorporated much of Fernández and Tancredi's proposal, though the objects were christened "dwarf planets."[16]
The event originated the word "Plutoed," which was selected as the "word of the year 2006" by the American Dialect Society.[17]

Books

  • Fernández, Julio Ángel (30 March 2006). Comets: Nature, Dynamics, Origin, and their Cosmogonical Relevance. Springer.
    ISBN 978-1-4020-3490-9; hbk{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[18]
  • Lazzaro, Daniela; Ferraz-Mello, Sylvio; Fernández, Julio Ángel, eds. (27 April 2006). Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors (IAU S229). Cambridge University Press.
    ISBN 9780521852005
    .

References

  1. ^ Professional CV
  2. ^ "Departamento de Astronomía, Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República".
  3. ^ "PEDECIBA Física". Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Sociedad Uruguaya de Astronomía".
  5. ^ Heber Rizzo Baladán (2006). "Los mundos helados de Julio A. Fernández". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Julioangel asteroid. Minor Planet Center. The International Astronomical Union".
  7. ^ "Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (Uruguay)". Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
  8. ^ "News from the National Academy of Sciences".
  9. ^ "Astrónomo uruguayo ingresa a la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de EEUU. En Perspectiva".
  10. ^ "Histórico, astrónomo uruguayo será Miembro de la Academia de Ciencias de EE.UU. Diario La República".
  11. doi:10.1093/mnras/192.3.481
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  12. doi:10.1086/185162
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  13. ^ David Jewitt. "WHY "KUIPER" BELT?". University of Hawaii. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  14. ^ Julio Fernandez. "Página personal del Dr. Julio A. Fernández". Universidad de la República. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  15. ^ Britt, Robert Roy (18 August 2006). "Pluto May Get Demoted After All". Space.com. Retrieved 24 August 2006.
  16. ^ "IAU 2006 General Assembly: Resolutions 5 and 6". IAU. 24 August 2006.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Plutoed Voted 2006 Word of the Year". ADS. 5 January 2007.
  18. doi:10.1063/1.2372432
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