Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart
Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart (born May 12, 1800 in Sète , † July 23, 1836 in Paris ) was a French astronomer .
Gambart was born the son of a captain. At a young age, his intelligence was recognized by Alexis Bouvard , who convinced him to devote himself to astronomy . In 1819 he went to the Marseille Observatory and became its director in 1822.
During his career, he noted a number of observations of Jupiter's moons and discovered a total of 13 comets . In 1832 he observed the passage of Mercury in front of the Sun and noticed that the planet appeared deformed when it reached the Sun's edge.
In 1831 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
He suffered from tuberculosis and died of cholera in 1836 .
Honors
The Gambart crater on the moon was named after him. He also received a medal from the Royal Astronomical Society for calculating the orbit of a comet.
Web links
- J. Gambart publications in the Astrophysics Data System
- NN: Biographical notice of M. Gambart. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 4 (1837), p. 41. (Obituary, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter G. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 17, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gambart, Jean-Félix Adolphe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sète |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1836 |
| Place of death | Paris |