Esmeralda Herminia Mallada Invernizzi (born 10 January 1937) is a
Uruguayan astronomer and professor who, for her contributions to that scientific discipline, has been honored with the designation of her name to an asteroid.
Career
Mallada was a student of
cosmography with Professor Alberto Pochintesta.
At the
University of the Republic
The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America and t ...
's , she was a colleague of
Gladys Vergara, who helped her prepare for the cosmography professorship competition. She became a professor of cosmography and mathematics in secondary education at age 21. She also taught at the university's
Faculty of Sciences
Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), som ...
, where she graduated with a
licentiate in astronomy. She is currently retired.
On 16 October 1952, at the invitation of Pochintesta, she was one of the founders of the Association of Amateur Astronomers (AAA) in Uruguay,
and in 2015 was made its honorary president. In 2015, the
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
...
of the
International Astronomical Union designated an
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
that orbits between Mars and Jupiter with her name,
16277 Mallada.
[ It is the first asteroid to bear the name of a Uruguayan woman astronomer.][
]
Publications
Some of the works published by Mallada together with Julio A. Fernández are:
* "Distribution of Binding Energies in Wide Binaries"
* "Potential sources of terrestrial water close to Jupiter"
* "Dynamical Evolution of Wide Binaries"
References
External links
Esmeralda Mallada
at autores.uy
Interview
on El Observador TV at YouTube
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1937 births
20th-century astronomers
20th-century Uruguayan educators
21st-century astronomers
21st-century Uruguayan educators
Living people
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay)
Uruguayan astronomers
Uruguayan educators
Uruguayan women educators
Women astronomers