Background
Fernández, Julio Angel was born on March 12, 1946 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Jose Fernández and Carminda Alves.
Fernández, Julio Angel was born on March 12, 1946 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Jose Fernández and Carminda Alves.
Licence in Astronomy, Faculty Humanities and Sciences, Montevideo, 1974.
Assistant professor astronomy, U. Uruguay, Montevideo, 1970-1976; professor astronomy, U. Uruguay, Montevideo, since 1987; visiting astronomer, National Observatory, Madrid, 1979; researcher, Max-Planck Society, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, 1980-1983; visiting professor, U. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1984-1986. Member of advisory board Planetary and Space Sciences journal, since 1993.
Member International Astronomical Union (small bodies names committee since 1997), International Astronomical Union Commission (organizing committee since 1994, Asteroid 5996 named in honor Julio Angel 1996), Astronomical Society Uruguay (president 1994-1998), Planetary Society.