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| [[1168 Brandia]] || [[August 25]] [[1930]] |
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| [[1170 Siva]] || [[September 29]] [[1930]] |
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| [[1176 Lucidor]] || [[November 15]] [[1930]] |
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| [[1199 Geldonia]] || [[September 14]] [[1931]] |
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| [[1217 Maximiliana]] || [[March 13]] [[1932]] |
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| [[1221 Amor]] || [[March 12]] [[1932]] |
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| [[1222 Tina]] || [[June 11]] [[1932]] |
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| [[1239 Queteleta]] || [[February 4]] [[1932]] |
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| [[1261 Legia]] || [[March 23]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1274 Delportia]] || [[November 28]] [[1932]] |
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| [[1276 Ucclia]] || [[January 24]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1280 Baillauda]] || [[August 18]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1285 Julietta]] || [[August 21]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1290 Albertine]] || [[August 21]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1291 Phryne]] || [[September 15]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1293 Sonja]] || [[September 26]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1294 Antwerpia]] || [[October 24]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1341 Edmée]] || [[January 27]] [[1935]] |
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| [[1361 Leuschneria]] || [[August 30]] [[1935]] |
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| [[1433 Geramtina]] || [[October 30]] [[1937]] |
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| [[1476 Cox]] || [[September 10]] [[1936]] |
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| [[1543 Bourgeois]] || [[September 21]] [[1941]] |
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| [[1722 Goffin]] || [[February 23]] [[1938]] |
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| [[1724 Vladimir]] || [[February 28]] [[1932]] |
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| [[1754 Cunningham]] || [[March 29]] [[1935]] |
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| [[1848 Delvaux]] || [[August 18]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1878 Hughes]] || [[August 18]] [[1933]] |
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| [[1926 Demiddelaer]] || [[May 2]] [[1935]] |
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| [[2101 Adonis]] || [[February 12]] [[1936]] |
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| [[2276 Warck]] || [[August 18]] [[1933]] |
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| [[2534 Houzeau]] || [[November 2]] [[1931]] |
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| [[2545 Verbiest]] || [[January 26]] [[1933]] |
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| [[2713 Luxembourg]] || [[February 19]] [[1938]] |
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| [[3567 Alvema]] || [[November 15]] [[1930]] |
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| [[3605 Davy]] || [[November 28]] [[1932]] |
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| [[6354 Vangelis]] || [[April 3]] [[1934]] |
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'''Eugène Joseph Delporte''' ([[January 10]] [[1882]]–[[October 19]] [[1955]]) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[astronomer]]. |
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==Early Life== |
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Born on January 10 1882 to Eugène-Marie and Alice Delporte, in [[Antwerp, Belgium]], his father served as a member of the Force Publique in the Congo Free State and the family subsequently lived in the Belgian Congo from 1884-1896, his brother, [[Patrice Yves Delporte]] was born in [[Leopoldville]] (now [[Kinshasa]]) in 1890. |
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==Marriage and Children== |
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Delporte married Marie Celeste du Bois on November 6 1912, they had two sons and a daughter. |
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Eugène Alexandre Delporte (1913), Simon-Laurènt Delporte (1917) and Louise Marie Delporte (1920). Simon-Laurent moved to South Africa in the 1940's and changed his surname to Delport, his descendents still live in South Africa and his great-great grandson is Member of Parliament for Johannesburg West, Jacobus Delport. |
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==Discoveries== |
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He discovered a total of sixty-six [[asteroid]]s. Notable discoveries include [[1221 Amor]] (which lent its name to the [[Amor asteroid]]s) and the [[Apollo asteroid]] [[2101 Adonis]]. He discovered or co-discovered some [[comet]]s as well, including periodic comet [[57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte]]. 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). |
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In 1930 he fixed the modern boundaries between all of the [[constellation]]s in the sky, along lines of [[right ascension]] and [[declination]] for the [[epoch (astronomy)|epoch]] B1875.0. |
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The crater [[Delporte (crater)|Delporte]] on the [[Moon]] is named after him. |
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[[Category:20th century astronomers]] |
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[[Category:Belgian scientists]] |
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[[Category:Belgian astronomers]] |
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[[Category:Asteroid discoverers]] |
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[[de:Eugène Delporte]] |
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[[ru:Дельпорт, Эжен Жозеф]] |
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Revision as of 00:41, 13 October 2008
Eugène Joseph Delporte (January 10 1882–October 19 1955) was a Belgian astronomer.
Early Life
Born on January 10 1882 to Eugène-Marie and Alice Delporte, in Antwerp, Belgium, his father served as a member of the Force Publique in the Congo Free State and the family subsequently lived in the Belgian Congo from 1884-1896, his brother, Patrice Yves Delporte was born in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) in 1890.
Marriage and Children
Delporte married Marie Celeste du Bois on November 6 1912, they had two sons and a daughter. Eugène Alexandre Delporte (1913), Simon-Laurènt Delporte (1917) and Louise Marie Delporte (1920). Simon-Laurent moved to South Africa in the 1940's and changed his surname to Delport, his descendents still live in South Africa and his great-great grandson is Member of Parliament for Johannesburg West, Jacobus Delport.
Discoveries
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. He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte. 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).
In 1930 he fixed the modern boundaries between all of the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch B1875.0.