Renán Arcadio Poveda Ricalde (15 July 1930 – 24 March 2022) was a prominent Mexican astronomer who developed a method to calculate the mass of elliptical galaxies. He received Mexico's National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1975, chaired its National Astronomical Observatory from 1968 to 1980 and was elected to The National College in 1989.
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15 July 1930 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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Died |
24 March 2022 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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