Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 99 Dike is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 110 Lydia is a quite large Main belt asteroid composed of fairly pure nickel-iron. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 117 Lomia is a rather large Main belt asteroid. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 120 Lachesis is a very large and very dark main belt asteroid. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 146 Lucina is a main belt asteroid. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 157 Dejanira is a main belt asteroid. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 171 Ophelia is a main belt asteroid and a member of the Themis family of asteroids. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 172 Baucis is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 173 Ino is a large main belt asteroid. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 198 Ampella is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 233 Asterope is a quite large Main belt asteroid. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 240 Vanadis is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 246 Asporina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 268 Adorea is a very large Main belt asteroid. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 308 Polyxo is a very large Main belt asteroid. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 322 Phaeo is a large Main belt asteroid. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 369 Aëria is a large Main belt asteroid. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 394 Arduina is a typical Main belt asteroid. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ...

Working in Marseille, he discovered asteroids and comets. City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Photo of the comet Hale-Bopp above a tree. ...

He discovered the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly. Comet Borrelly (formally designated 19P/Borrelly) is a periodic comet, which was visited by the space craft Deep Space 1. ...

The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honour. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...

Obituary

• JO 9 (1926) 169 (in French)