Arcadio Poveda

Renán Arcadio Poveda Ricalde (15 July 1930 – 24 March 2022) was a Mexican astronomer. His works focused on the mass of elliptical galaxies. He received Mexico's National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1975. He was Chair of the Mexican National Astronomical Observatory from 1968 to 1980 and was elected to The National College in 1989.
Poveda died on 24 March 2022 in Mexico City at the age of 91.