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Eugène Joseph Delporte
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Belgian astronomer (1882–1955)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Genappe
- Place of death
- Uccle
- Educated at
- Université libre de Bruxelles
- Employer
- Royal Observatory of Belgium
- Residence
- Belgium
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- date of birth
- 1882-01-10
- date of death
- 1955-10-19
- Commons category
- Eugène Joseph Delporte (astronomer)
- member of
- International Astronomical Union
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Encyclopedic overview
Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Belgium in Genappe.
He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include asteroid 1221 Amor (which gave its name to the category of Amor asteroids) 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 (Belgian Royal Observatory), situated in the town of Uccle (after which the asteroid 1276 Ucclia is named). He started there in 1903 after receiving his doctorate that year from the Free University of Brussels.
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