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 |
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(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
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 5, 2019 (French).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Delporte, Eugène |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delporte, Eugène Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1882 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Genappe , Walloon Brabant |
DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1955 |
Place of death | Uccle / Ukkel |