Becquerel

Becquerel means:

• the unit of radioactivity (Bq), see Becquerel (unit)
• an impact crater on the northern hemisphere of the moon, see Becquerel (moon crater)
• an impact crater on Mars, see Becquerel (Mars crater)
• an asteroid, see (6914) Becquerel
• Becquerel, a dog in the webcomic Homestuck

Becquerel is a family name for the following people:

• Alexandre Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891), French physicist, discoverer of the photoelectr. Effect and developer of the phosphoroscope, father of Henri Becquerel
• André Vincent Becquerel (1893–1981), French Art Deco sculptor
• Antoine César Becquerel (1788–1878), French physicist, discoverer of piezoelectricity and developer of electr. Thermometer, grandfather of Henri Becquerel
• Henri Becquerel (1852–1908), French physicist and discoverer of radioactivity and Nobel Prize winner
• Jean Becquerel (1878–1953), French physicist, relativity theorist, son of Henri Becquerel
• Louis Alfred Becquerel (1814–1862), French physicist and physician, uncle of Henri Becquerel

See also:

• Becquerel effect

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.