Named in honor of Elsa Gutierrez Rodriguez-Pardina (1921– ), Argentinian astronomer who has worked in the field of celestial mechanics for more than 30 years. Form 1952 to 1956, she worked at the La Plata Observatory in the Department of Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics. In 1954 she obtained a scholarship from the French government to further her studies in celestial mechanics at the Sorbonne Henri Poincaré Institute. From 1978 to 1986, Pardina led the Celestial Mechanics Department of the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba. For many years, she was responsible for the celestial mechanics courses taught to undergraduate students. (M 33786) _ _.