Asteroid

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s discovered: 1

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January 6, 1914

Joanny-Philippe Lagrula (born 1870) was a French astronomer

Astronomer

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. He was sometimes referred to as "Philippe Lagrula".

In 1901, he wrote his thesis at the University of Lyon

University of Lyon

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. At the time, occultations of the Pleiades

Pleiades (star cluster)

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 by the Moon

Moon

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 were important for measuring the correspondence of the Moon's actual position with that predicted by theory.

He worked at the Observatory of Lyon, France. On August 1, 1906 became director of the Quito Observatory for a few years. He then worked at Nice Observatory

Nice Observatory

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 until no later than 1924, when he joined the staff of Algiers Observatory

Algiers Observatory

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. He was director of Algiers Observatory from 1931 to 1938, replacing François Gonnessiat

François Gonnessiat

François Gonnessiat was a French astronomer.He worked at the Observatory of Lyon. In 1889 he won the Lalande Prize for astronomy from the French Academy of Sciences; 1901 became director of the Quito Observatory for the purpose of making geodetic measurements...

 who retired. His career path mirrored that of Gonnessiat, who had also worked at Lyon, Quito and Algiers.

At Algiers, one of the staff members working with him was Jean-Louis Lagrula; this may have been his son.

He discovered one asteroid. The asteroid 1412 Lagrula

1412 Lagrula

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is named after him.