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Encyclopedia > Eugène Joseph Delporte

Eugène Joseph Delporte (January 10, 1882 – October 19, 1955) was a Belgian astronomer. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België, French: Royaume de Belgique, German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


He discovered 66 asteroids, including notably 1221 Amor (the namesake of the Amor asteroids) and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids whose orbits range between those of Earth and Mars. ... The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. ... The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, the first asteroid of this group to be discovered. ... 2101 Adonis was one of the first near-Earth asteroids to be discovered. ...


He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte. Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) Comet (disambiguation). ... 57P/du Toit-Neujmin_Delporte is the desigation of a periodic comet. ...


In 1930 he fixed the modern boundaries between all the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch 1875. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Right ascension (RA; symbol α: Greek letter alpha) is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. ... In astronomy declination (dec) is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


A crater on the Moon is named after him. The word crater may refer to A landform resembling a pit or depression in the topography that can be formed in several ways: speculation exists that a meteorite impact with another body can cause an impact crater, an electrical discharge on any scale tends to form circular craters, volcanic activity... For other moons in the solar system see natural satellite. ...

Asteroids discovered: 66
1052 Belgica November 15, 1925
1068 Nofretete 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 Amor 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


 
 

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