Jules Baillaud

Jules Baillaud (born January 14, 1876 in Paris , † November 28, 1960 ) was a French astronomer .

From 1900 to 1904 he was an assistant in Lyon and from 1904 to 1925 assistant at the Paris Observatory , where he worked as an astronomer from 1925 to 1947. From 1937 to 1947 he was director of the Pic du Midi observatory and from 1922 to 1947 director of the Carte du Ciel .

In 1938 he received the Jules Janssen Prize . In 1952 he was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences . Contrary to the original intention of the discoverer, the asteroid (1280) Baillauda is named in his honor according to the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), while the lunar crater Baillaud and the asteroid (11764) Benbaillaud his father Benjamin Baillaud are dedicated.

Web links

Publications by J. Baillaud in the Astrophysics Data System

Individual evidence

^ List of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 15, 2019 (French).
^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 in the Google Book Search

personal data
SURNAME	Baillaud, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	November 28, 1960

[1] List of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 15, 2019 (French).

[2] Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 in the Google Book Search