Eugène Joseph Delporte
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Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe.[2][3]
He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor (which lent its name to the Amor asteroids) and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis.[2] He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte.[2] He worked in the Observatoire Royal de Belgique (Belgian Royal Observatory), situated in the town of Uccle (after which the asteroid 1276 Ucclia is named).[2] He started there in 1903 after receiving his doctorate that year from the Free University of Brussels.[4]
In 1930, he drew the modern boundaries between all of the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch B1875.0.[2]
The Florian asteroid 1274 Delportia (discovered by himself) and the lunar impact crater Delporte were named after him.[3][5]
List of discovered minor planets
[edit]| 1052 Belgica | 15 November 1925 |
| 1068 Nofretete | 13 September 1926 |
| 1122 Neith | 17 September 1928 |
| 1124 Stroobantia | 6 October 1928 |
| 1128 Astrid | 10 March 1929 |
| 1145 Robelmonte | 3 February 1929 |
| 1168 Brandia | 25 August 1930 |
| 1170 Siva | 29 September 1930 |
| 1176 Lucidor | 15 November 1930 |
| 1199 Geldonia | 14 September 1931 |
| 1217 Maximiliana | 13 March 1932 |
| 1221 Amor | 12 March 1932 |
| 1222 Tina | 11 June 1932 |
| 1239 Queteleta | 4 February 1932 |
| 1261 Legia | 23 March 1933 |
| 1274 Delportia | 28 November 1932 |
| 1276 Ucclia | 24 January 1933 |
| 1280 Baillauda | 18 August 1933 |
| 1285 Julietta | 21 August 1933 |
| 1288 Santa | 26 August 1933 |
| 1290 Albertine | 21 August 1933 |
| 1291 Phryne | 15 September 1933 |
| 1293 Sonja | 26 September 1933 |
| 1294 Antwerpia | 24 October 1933 |
| 1329 Eliane | 23 March 1933 |
| 1341 Edmée | 27 January 1935 |
| 1350 Rosselia | 3 October 1934 |
| 1361 Leuschneria | 30 August 1935 |
| 1363 Herberta | 30 August 1935 |
| 1366 Piccolo | 29 November 1932 |
| 1374 Isora | 21 October 1935 |
| 1375 Alfreda | 22 October 1935 |
| 1388 Aphrodite | 24 September 1935 |
| 1401 Lavonne | 22 October 1935 |
| 1433 Geramtina | 30 October 1937 |
| 1476 Cox | 10 September 1936 |
| 1486 Marilyn | 23 August 1938 |
| 1491 Balduinus | 23 February 1938 |
| 1493 Sigrid | 26 August 1938 |
| 1543 Bourgeois | 21 September 1941 |
| 1560 Strattonia | 3 December 1942 |
| 1664 Felix | 4 February 1929 |
| 1672 Gezelle | 29 January 1935 |
| 1698 Christophe | 10 February 1934 |
| 1707 Chantal | 8 September 1932 |
| 1711 Sandrine | 29 January 1935 |
| 1722 Goffin | 23 February 1938 |
| 1724 Vladimir | 28 February 1932 |
| 1754 Cunningham | 29 March 1935 |
| 1848 Delvaux | 18 August 1933 |
| 1878 Hughes | 18 August 1933 |
| 1926 Demiddelaer | 2 May 1935 |
| 2101 Adonis | 12 February 1936 |
| 2213 Meeus | 24 September 1935 |
| 2276 Warck | 18 August 1933 |
| 2331 Parvulesco | 12 March 1936 |
| 2534 Houzeau | 2 November 1931 |
| 2545 Verbiest | 26 January 1933 |
| 2713 Luxembourg | 19 February 1938 |
| 2819 Ensor | 20 October 1933 |
| 2913 Horta | 12 October 1931 |
| 3534 Sax | 15 December 1936 |
| 3567 Alvema | 15 November 1930 |
| 3605 Davy | 28 November 1932 |
| 6354 Vangelis | 3 April 1934 |
| 7043 Godart | 2 September 1934 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary Notices : Eugene Joseph Delporte". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 116 (2): 143–144. 1956. Bibcode:1956MNRAS.116Q.143.. doi:10.1093/mnras/116.2.143.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1274) Delportia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 105. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1275. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.
- ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Delporte on Moon". USGS – IAU, Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). 25 October 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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