Fernand Rigaux
Fernand Rigaux (1905 – 21 September 1962) was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars, minor planets and comets at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium.[2][3]
| 1292 Luce | 17 September 1933 | MPC |
| 1378 Leonce | 21 February 1936 | MPC |
| 1458 Mineura | 1 September 1937 | MPC |
| 1555 Dejan | 15 September 1941 | MPC |
| 3280 Gretry | 17 September 1933 | MPC |
| 4908 Ward | 17 September 1933 | MPC |
| 7000 Curie | 6 November 1939 | MPC |
| 19911 Rigaux | 26 March 1933 | MPC |
In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his colleague Sylvain Arend.[4] He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 8 asteroids between 1933 and 1941.[1][5]
The asteroid 19911 Rigaux, discovered by himself at Uccle in 1933, was named in his memory.[3] Naming citation was published on 25 December 2015 (M.P.C. 97568).[6]
References
- "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- "Obituaries". Proceedings of the Twelfth General Assembly, Hamburg, 1964. International Astronomical Union by Academic Press: 235. 1966. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- "19911 Rigaux (1933 FK)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 49P/Arend-Rigaux". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- "Belgian Finds Astral Body". The New York Times. 9 January 1956. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
An astronomer at the Brussels Observatory Fernand Rigaux discovered a fastmoving body in space between Mars and Jupiter the night of 5–6 Jan he announced ...
- "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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