Eugène Joseph Delporte

Astronomer

1882 – 1955

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Who was Eugène Joseph Delporte?

Eugène Joseph Delporte was a Belgian astronomer born in Jodoigne.

He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis. He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte. He worked in the Observatoire Royal de Belgique, situated in the town of Uccle. He started there in 1903 after receiving his doctorate that year from the Free University of Brussels.

In 1930 he drew the modern boundaries between all of the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch B1875.0.

The crater Delporte on the Moon is named after him.

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Born
Jan 10, 1882
Belgium
Also known as
  • Eugene Joseph Delporte
Nationality
  • Belgium
Profession
Died
Oct 19, 1955
Uccle

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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