Juan José Clariá Olmedo, Argentine astrophysicist (Cordoba 13 June 1945 -
Discovered a number of variable stars and globular clusters
Established empirical calibrations for determining fundamental parameters of stars
Pointed out that Canis Major OB1 was a real stellar association with occurrence of a variety of processes of great astrophysical interest
A study of the stellar association Canis Major OB1. Astron. Astrophys. 37:229-36, 1974
With A.E. Piatti, D. Geisler, E. Bica, J.F.C. Santos, A. Sarajedini & H. Dottori. Detección de una nueva fase en la evolución de estrellas gigantes rojas de la Nube Major de Magallanes. Bol. Asoc. Argent. Astron. 43:73-4, 1999
With D. Minniti, D. Geisler & R. Peterson. High dispersion spectroscopy of giants in metal-poor globular clusters: detailed abundances (1997)
DEVELOPED METHODS
With A. Benítez-Llambay & A.E. Piatti, Fast integrated spectra analyzer: a new computational tool for age and reddening determination of small angular diameter open clusters. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 124(912):173, 2012
With A.E. Piatti & E. Lapasset. A revised effective temperature calibration for the DDO Photometric System. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 106:436, 1994
With D. Geisler & D. Minniti. An improved metal abundance calibration for the Washington system. Astron. J. 102:1836, 1991
With W. Osborn. A method for determining the chemical composition parameter (X,Y,Z) of galactic clusters (1976)
HONORS
Asteroid 6810 Juanclaria