Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly
Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (born December 8, 1842 in Roquemaure near Nîmes , † February 28, 1926 ) was a French astronomer .
Borrelly took up an assistant position at the Marseille Observatory in 1864 . Until 1919 he worked there as a full-time astronomer.
With the comet finder of the observatory, which had an opening width of 182 mm, Borrelly discovered 20 asteroids , 18 comets (including the short-period 19P / Borrelly ) and 6 galaxies , which were recorded in the NGC .
In 1913 he received the Jules Janssen Prize . The asteroid (1539) Borrelly was named in his honor.
literature
- Wilhelm Brüggenthies, Wolfgang R. Dick: Biographischer Index der Astronomie / Biographical Index of Astronomy . AVA - Akademische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-944913-54-4 , p. 211
Web links
- Publications by A. Borrelly in the Astrophysics Data System
- J. Bosler: Alphonse Borrelly (1842-1926) . Journal des Observateurs, Vol. 9 (1926), p. 169 (obituary, French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borrelly, Alphonse Louis Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roquemaure near Nîmes |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1926 |