Marguerite Laugier

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Asteroid Discovery : 21
(1247) Memoria August 30, 1932
(1426) Riviera April 1, 1937
(1461) Jean-Jacques December 30, 1937
(1651) Behrens April 23, 1936
(1681) stonemason November 23, 1948
(1690) Mayrhofer November 8, 1948
(1730) Marceline October 17, 1936
(1755) Lorbach November 8, 1936
(1884) Skip March 2, 1943
(2068) Dangreen January 8, 1948
(2106) Hugo October 21, 1936
(2384) Schoolyard March 2, 1943
(2393) Suzuki 17th November 1955
(2677) Joan March 25, 1935
(3220) Murayama November 22, 1951
(3568) ASCII October 17, 1936
(4649) Sumoto December 20, 1936
(4909) Couteau September 28, 1949
(6887) Hasuo November 24, 1951
(10449) Takuma October 16, 1936
(20959) 1936 UG October 21, 1936

Marguerite Laugier ( September 12, 1896 - June 10, 1976 ), b. Lhomme was a French astronomer .

She worked at the Observatory in Nice from the 1930s to the 1950s. Contemporary astronomical articles call her Madame Laugier . She discovered numerous asteroids. The asteroid 1597 Laugier was named after her.

Note: Not to be confused with M. Laugier in the literature (here M. stands for "Monsieur"), who was Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (* December 22, 1812 - † April 5, 1872 ).

literature

  • Wilhelm Brüggenthies, Wolfgang R. Dick: Biographischer Index der Astronomie / Biographical Index of Astronomy . AVA - Akademische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-944913-54-4 , p. 644
  • Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed.Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (engl.)

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personal data
SURNAME Laugier, Marguerite
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lhomme, Marguerite
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1896
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1976