Full Name: Dr. Salvador Aguirre
Location: Hermosillo, Mexico
Background/Interesting Fact:
Doctor in Medicine and Surgery (Trauma).
General Surgeon Retired
Variable Stars, Meteors showers ( MEMBER OF: International Meteor Organization /IMO ., North American Meteor Network /NAMN., and American Meteor Society /AMS), Asteroidal Occultations (IOTA), Sun ( AAVSO, White Light and H Alfa), A.L.P.O. ( Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers). IDA (International Dark Sky Association). SARA (Society of Amateur Radioastronomers).: SID´s (Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance): monitoring project: Collaborator: Stanford Solar Center.( SID´s): SuperSID. :-)
Eclipses, Double Stars,Comets, Deep Sky, Messier Marathon..
Member of: Astronomical League with now: 13 clubs . Master Observer Club, Messier Club Honorary , Meteors Watchers Club-Honorary, Herschel 400, Comets-Silver, Asteroids ( regular and Gold), Double Stars, Lunar, Variable Stars, Constellation Hunter Norther Skies Club.,Binocular Messier Club, Urban Observing Club, Messier Club (Regular),
Member of: Sentinel Network ( Sandia National Laboratories), North American All Sky Camera Network .( Fireball Patrol).
Member NMSU All Sky Camera Network . (New Mexico State University).
I have one asteroid (12789) Salvadoraguirre.
The MINOR PLANET CIRCULARS/MINOR PLANETS AND COMETS are published, on behalf of Division III of the International Astronomical Union.
M.P.C. 74769
2011 MAY 17
Pagina 335
Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
(12789) Salvadoraguirre = 1995 TX
Discovered 1995 Oct. 14 by C. W. Hergenrother at Kitt Peak.
Salvador Aguirre (b. 1952) is an avid amateur astronomer from Hermosillo,
Mexico. He has conducted many observations of variable stars, asteroid occultations,
meteors and comets. He has also helped popularize and coordinate amateur
astronomical research within Mexico.
Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia (LIADA): Extension Secretary.
LIADA: Variable Star Group: deputy Coordinator .
Website URL: http://drsaguirremexico.blogspot.com/