Biography:Odette Jasse
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| Born | 21 August 1899 Saint-Victoret |
| Died | 9 January 1949 (aged 49) Marseille |
| Nationality | France |
Odette Jasse (21 August 1899 – 9 January 1949) was a French astronomer who spent most of her career as administrator at the Marseille Observatory.
Biography
Jasse was born in Saint-Victoret. Her parents were a teacher and a customs inspector. Jasse attended a school for girls in Marseille before going on to graduate in mathematics and physics. In August 1920 she took a position as an intern at the Marseille Observatory. From 1923 she began working as an assistant astronomer, a position she was officially appointed to in 1927. She had achieved a graduate degree in physics, completing out spectroscopy research at Henri Buisson's laboratory. Jasse observed dwarf planets and the travel paths of Aldebaran and the Moon. However, Jasse never completed her doctoral thesis. She assumed administrative duties at the observatory from 1934. She was also the editorial secretary of the Journal des Observateurs. She died in 1949 in Marseille, where a street is named in her honour.[1]
References and sources
- ↑ Philippe Véron. "Dictionnaire des Astronomes Français 1850–1950". unpublished - available from The Observatoire de Haute-Provence. http://www.obs-hp.fr/dictionnaire/par_lettre/lettres_IJ.pdf.
- "Odette Jasse, astrónoma - Efemérides" (in es). 2019-08-21. https://mujeresconciencia.com/2019/08/21/odette-jasse-astronoma/.
- "Obituary of Odette Jasse in the Journal des Observateurs". http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?db_key=AST&bibcode=1949JO.....32...33B&letter=0&classic=YES&defaultprint=YES&whole_paper=YES&page=33&epage=33&send=Send+PDF&filetype=.pdf.
- "Rue Odette Jasse". https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1pziwymkZhV-gXQLZ2UYw5Q5_n9w.
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