Biography:Jean Chacornac
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Short description: French astronomer
| 25 Phocaea | 6 April 1853 | MPC |
| 33 Polyhymnia | 28 October 1854 | MPC |
| 34 Circe | 6 April 1855 | MPC |
| 38 Leda | 12 January 1856 | MPC |
| 39 Laetitia | 8 February 1856 | MPC |
| 59 Elpis | 12 September 1860 | MPC |
Jean Chacornac (21 June 1823 – 23 September 1873) was a French astronomer and discoverer of a comet and several asteroids.[2][3]
He was born in Lyon and died in Saint-Jean-en-Royans, southeastern France. Working in Marseille and Paris, he discovered six asteroids in the asteroid belt (see table) and C/1852 K1 (Chacornac), a parabolic comet in 1852.[4] This comet is thought to be the source of the current Eta Eridanids meteors.[5] He also independently discovered 20 Massalia, which discovery is credited to the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, however.[6]
Jean Chacornac was awarded the Lalande Prize in 1855, 1856 and in 1863. The asteroid 1622 Chacornac and the lunar crater Chacornac are named in his honour.[3]
References
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/59750.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1622) Chacornac". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1622) Chacornac. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 129. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1623. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: C/1852 K1 (Chacornac)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1000802. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Ohtsuka, K.; Tanigawa, T.; Murayama, H.; Hasegawa, I. (November 2001). "The new meteor shower eta Eridanids". Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference 495: 109–112. Bibcode: 2001ESASP.495..109O.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(20) Massalia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (20) Massalia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 17. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_21. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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