Louis Boyer (astronomer)
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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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1177 Gonnessia
1177 Gonnessia
1177 Gonnessia is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1930 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 24, 1930
1211 Bressole
1211 Bressole
1211 Bressole is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 2, 1931 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
December 2, 1931
1212 Francette
1212 Francette
1212 Francette is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1931 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
December 3, 1931
1295 Deflotte
1295 Deflotte
1295 Deflotte is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 25, 1933 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 25, 1933
1296 Andrée
1296 Andrée
1296 Andrée is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 25, 1933 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.-References:...

 
November 25, 1933
1301 Yvonne
1301 Yvonne
1301 Yvonne is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1934 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
March 7, 1934
1338 Duponta
1338 Duponta
1338 Duponta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 1934 by Boyer, L. at Algiers. Since the albedo of this asteroid is unknown, the size can only be estimated as between about 8 km - 19 km, based on the absolute magnitude of 12.3.-Binary system:Photometric observations in...

 
December 4, 1934
1339 Désagneauxa
1339 Désagneauxa
1339 Désagneauxa is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1917.6622930 days .The asteroid was discovered on December 4, 1934.-References:...

 
December 4, 1934
1340 Yvette
1340 Yvette
1340 Yvette is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 27, 1934 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
December 27, 1934
1343 Nicole
1343 Nicole
1343 Nicole is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 29, 1935 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
March 29, 1935
1344 Caubeta
1344 Caubeta
1344 Caubeta is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1935 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
April 1, 1935
1364 Safara
1364 Safara
1364 Safara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 18, 1935 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 18, 1935
1377 Roberbauxa
1377 Roberbauxa
1377 Roberbauxa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 14, 1936 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
February 14, 1936
1380 Volodia
1380 Volodia
1380 Volodia is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2045.4673296 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 16, 1936.-References:...

 
March 16, 1936
1392 Pierre
1392 Pierre
1392 Pierre is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1936 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :...

 
March 16, 1936
1400 Tirela
1400 Tirela
1400 Tirela is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 17, 1936 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 17, 1936
1412 Lagrula
1412 Lagrula
1412 Lagrula is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1937 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
January 19, 1937
1413 Roucarie
1413 Roucarie
1413 Roucarie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1937 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
February 12, 1937
1414 Jérôme
1414 Jérôme
1414 Jérôme is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2018.2528546 days . The asteroid was discovered on December 30, 1937.-References:...

 
February 12, 1937
1415 Malautra
1415 Malautra
1415 Malautra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 4, 1937 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
March 4, 1937
1416 Renauxa
1416 Renauxa
1416 Renauxa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 4, 1937 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
March 4, 1937
1511 Daléra
1511 Daléra
1511 Daléra is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1322.3803508 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 22, 1939.-References:...

 
March 22, 1939
1574 Meyer
1574 Meyer
1574 Meyer is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1949 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
March 22, 1949
1577 Reiss
1577 Reiss
1577 Reiss is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1949 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
January 19, 1949
1594 Danjon
1594 Danjon
1594 Danjon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1949 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 23, 1949
1597 Laugier
1597 Laugier
1597 Laugier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 7, 1949 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.It was probably named after French astronomer and asteroid discoverer Marguerite Laugier , but possibly after French astronomer Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier .- External links :*...

 
March 7, 1949
1598 Paloque
1598 Paloque
1598 Paloque is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 1950 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
February 11, 1950
1599 Giomus
1599 Giomus
1599 Giomus is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 17, 1950 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 17, 1950
1601 Patry
1601 Patry
1601 Patry is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 18, 1942 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
May 18, 1942
1606 Jekhovsky
1606 Jekhovsky
1606 Jekhovsky is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1950 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
September 14, 1950
1616 Filipoff
1616 Filipoff
1616 Filipoff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 15, 1950 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
March 15, 1950
1617 Alschmitt
1617 Alschmitt
1617 Alschmitt is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1952 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.Boyer named the asteroid after his colleague, astronomer Alfred Schmitt who, 20 years earlier, had named the asteroid 1215 Boyer in his honor....

 
March 20, 1952
1629 Pecker
1629 Pecker
1629 Pecker is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1952 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
February 28, 1952
1630 Milet
1630 Milet
1630 Milet is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 28, 1952 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
February 28, 1952
1649 Fabre
1649 Fabre
1649 Fabre is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 27, 1951 by Boyer, L. at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
February 27, 1951
1713 Bancilhon
1713 Bancilhon
1713 Bancilhon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1951 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.It was named after Odette Bancilhon, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt.- External links :*...

 
September 27, 1951
1714 Sy
1714 Sy
1714 Sy is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1502.1767167 days . The asteroid was discovered on July 25, 1951.- References :...

 
July 25, 1951
1851 Lacroute
1851 Lacroute
1851 Lacroute is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 9, 1950 by L. Boyer at Algiers.- External links :*...

 
November 9, 1950
2021 Poincaré
2021 Poincaré
2021 Poincaré is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by the French astronomer Louis Boyer on June 26, 1936 at Algiers. The asteroid is named after the French mathematician Henri Poincaré.-External links:...

 
June 26, 1936
4422 Jarre
4422 Jarre
4422 Jarre is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1942 by Louis Boyer at Algiers. It is named after French composers Jean-Michel Jarre, and his father Maurice Jarre ....

 
October 17, 1942


Louis Boyer (1901 1999) was a French 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...

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He worked at the Algiers Observatory
Algiers Observatory
The Algiers Observatory was built in the late nineteenth century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzaréah‎. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911...

 and discovered a number of asteroid
Asteroid
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The asteroid 1215 Boyer
1215 Boyer
1215 Boyer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1932 by Alfred Schmitt at Algiers.Schmitt named the asteroid in honor of his colleague in Algiers, Louis Boyer.- External links :*...

 (discovered in 1932) was named after him by his colleague in Algiers, Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt was a French astronomer.Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.-Publications:...

. In turn Boyer named the 1617 Alschmitt
1617 Alschmitt
1617 Alschmitt is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1952 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.Boyer named the asteroid after his colleague, astronomer Alfred Schmitt who, 20 years earlier, had named the asteroid 1215 Boyer in his honor....

 asteroid in honor of Schmitt.

Boyer also named 1713 Bancilhon
1713 Bancilhon
1713 Bancilhon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1951 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.It was named after Odette Bancilhon, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt.- External links :*...

 after Odette Bancilhon
Odette Bancilhon
Odette Bancilhon was a French astronomer. She is known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, where she discovered the asteroid 1333 Cevenola. All of her publications are signed O. Bancilhon, a practice of her profession at that time.She later married her colleague...

 his colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt was a French astronomer.Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.-Publications:...

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