Fernand Rigaux
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Fernand Rigaux was a Belgian astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
who observed at the Royal Observatory
Observatoire Royal de Belgique
The Royal Observatory of Belgium, officially known in French as the Observatoire Royal de Belgique, and in Dutch as the Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België, is situated at Uccle since 1890, although it was originally founded in 1834...
at Uccle, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
49P/Arend-Rigaux
49P/Arend-Rigaux
49P/Arend–Rigaux is a periodic comet in our solar system.The comet nucleus is estimated to be 8.48 kilometers in diameter with a low albedo of 0.028.- External links :* from JPL / *...
with his colleague Sylvain Arend. He also discovered several asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
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| 1292 Luce 1292 Luce 1292 Luce is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1933 by F. Rigaux at Uccle.- External links :*... |
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| 1378 Leonce 1378 Leonce 1378 Leonce is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1936 by F. Rigaux at Uccle.- External links :*... |
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| 1458 Mineura 1458 Mineura 1458 Mineura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1937 by F. Rigaux at Uccle.- External links :*... |
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| 1555 Dejan 1555 Dejan 1555 Dejan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1941 by Rigaux, F. at Uccle.Asteroid 1555 Dejan was named after Serb astronomer Petar Đurković's son.- External links :*... |
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| 3280 Gretry 3280 Grétry 3280 Grétry is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1514.3565417 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 17, 1933.-References:... |
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| 4908 Ward 4908 Ward 4908 Ward is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1933 by F. Rigaux at Royal Observatory of Belgium.- External links :*... |
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| 7000 Curie 7000 Curie 7000 Curie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1939 by Fernand Rigaux at Uccle. It was named after French-Polish scientist Marie Curie.- External links :*... |
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