Andrés Eloy Martínez Rojas (born 23 June 1963) is a

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astronomer, scientist and politician. He has named various minor planets and also served one three-year term as a

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in the 62nd session of the

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, representing

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's fourth district.

Astronomy

Martínez Rojas has discovered various minor planets and has proposed names for planetary features. In addition to 10

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, he discovered the minor planets , , and . In 2017, the minor planet 6159 Andréseloy was named in his honor. In 2003, he proposed to name a newly discovered crater on Mars after Jojutla, which was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2007. Martínez Rojas presides over the ''Sociedad Astronómica Urania de México'', an astronomy society. In 2015, the society successfully proposed the names Tonatiuh and Meztli for the HD 104985 system and planet HD 104985b, respectively, which were selected in the NameExoWorlds worldwide contest. Additionally, he has written science columns for various publications including '' El Universal'' and ''Scientific American México''; he formerly hosted a radio show on

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, which is owned by his mother, Araceli Rojas Tenorio. He carried out the 1998 and 2008 reenactments of '' The War of the Worlds'' that the station aired, causing panic among its listeners. He is currently regional coordinator of Asteroid Day in Mexico.

Federal deputy

In 2012, residents of the fourth federal electoral district of Morelos, based in Jojutla, elected Martínez Rojas as the candidate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) to the district's seat in the

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. He was a secretary on the Science and Technology Commission and also served on the Communications and Rural Development Commissions. While at the Chamber of Deputies, he helped to install a radiotelescope in the San Lázaro Legislative Palace. In 2014, Martínez Rojas changed parties from the PRD to the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).

References

1963 births Living people Mexican astronomers Mexican scientists Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Morelos Morena (political party) politicians Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians People from Cuernavaca 21st-century Mexican politicians Politicians from Morelos Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-politician-Morena-stub