Eugène Delporte

Eugène Joseph Delporte (born January 10, 1882 in Genappe , today Walloon Brabant , † October 19, 1955 in Uccle / Ukkel , Brussels ) was a Belgian astronomer .

Delporte discovered 66 asteroids , including (1221) Amor , the Apollo asteroid (2101) Adonis and the (1274) Delportia named after himself . He was also the discoverer and co-discoverer of various comets , including the periodic comet 57P / du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte .

In 1925 he was commissioned by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) at its second general assembly to draw the exact boundaries of the constellations it established in 1922, parallel to the right ascension and declination circles of the epoch of the equinox on January 1, 1875. At its third general assembly in 1928, these limits were approved by the IAU. His work appeared in print in 1930 (see below).

In 1947 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences . In 1970 the IAU named the Delporte lunar crater after him.

Asteroids discovered by Delporte

All 66 asteroids discovered by Delporte (mostly at the Royal Observatory in Ukkel ), with the date of discovery:

asteroid	Discovery date
(1052) Belgica	November 15, 1925
(1068) Nefertiti	September 13, 1926
(1122) Neith	September 17, 1928
(1124) Stroobantia	October 6, 1928
(1128) Astrid	March 10, 1929
(1145) Robelmonte	February 3, 1929
(1168) Brandia	August 25, 1930
(1170) Siva	September 29, 1930
(1176) Lucidor	November 15, 1930
(1199) Geldonia	September 14, 1931
(1217) Maximiliana	March 13, 1932
(1221) Cupid	March 12, 1932
(1222) Tina	June 11, 1932
(1239) Queteleta	February 4, 1932
(1261) Legia	March 23, 1933
(1274) Delportia	November 28, 1932
(1276) Ucclia	January 24, 1933
(1280) Baillauda	August 18, 1933
(1285) Julietta	August 21, 1933
(1288) Santa	August 26, 1933
(1290) Albertine	August 21, 1933
(1291) Phryne	September 15, 1933
(1293) Sonja	September 26, 1933
(1294) Antwerpia	October 24, 1933
(1329) Eliane	March 23, 1933
(1341) Edmée	January 27, 1935
(1350) Rosselia	October 3, 1934
(1361) Leuschneria	August 30, 1935
(1363) Herberta	August 30, 1935
(1366) Piccolo	November 29, 1932
(1374) Isora	October 21, 1935
(1375) Alfreda	October 22, 1935
(1388) Aphrodite	September 24, 1935
(1401) Lavonne	October 22, 1935
(1433) Geramtina	October 30, 1937
(1476) Cox	September 10, 1936
(1486) Marilyn	August 23, 1938
(1491) Balduinus	February 23, 1938
(1493) Sigrid	August 26, 1938
(1543) Bourgeois	September 21, 1941
(1560) Strattonia	December 3, 1942
(1664) Felix	February 4, 1929
(1672) Gezelle	January 29, 1935
(1698) Christophe	February 10, 1934
(1707) Chantal	September 8, 1932
(1711) Sandrine	January 29, 1935
(1722) Goffin	February 23, 1938
(1724) Vladimir	February 28, 1932
(1754) Cunningham	March 29, 1935
(1848) Delvaux	August 18, 1933
(1878) Hughes	August 18, 1933
(1926) Demiddelaer	May 2, 1935
(2101) Adonis	February 12, 1936
(2213) Meeus	September 24, 1935
(2276) Warck	August 18, 1933
(2331) Parvulesco	March 12, 1936
(2534) Houzeau	November 2, 1931
(2545) Verbiest	January 26, 1933
(2713) Luxembourg	February 19, 1938
(2819) Ensor	October 20, 1933
(2913) Horta	October 12, 1931
(3534) Sax	December 15, 1936
(3567) Alvema	November 15, 1930
(3605) Davy	November 28, 1932
(6354) Vangelis	April 3, 1934
(7043) Godart	September 2, 1934

Works

• Eugène Delporte: Délimitation scientifique des constellations, tables et cartes. IAU, University Press, Cambridge 1930.

Web links

• Publications by E. Delporte in the Astrophysics Data System
• Obituaries for E. Delporte in the Astrophysics Data System
• Limits in the Sky ( Memento from November 8, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) ( Wiener Zeitung )

Individual evidence

1. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 5, 2019 (French).