Marguerite Laugier
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| 1247 Memoria 1247 Memoria 1247 Memoria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1932 by M. Laugier at Uccle.- External links :*... |
30 August 1932 |
| 1426 Riviera 1426 Riviera 1426 Riviera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 1, 1937 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
1 April 1937 |
| 1461 Jean-Jacques 1461 Jean-Jacques 1461 Jean-Jacques is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2018.2528546 days . The asteroid was discovered on December 30, 1937.-References:... |
30 December 1937 |
| 1651 Behrens 1651 Behrens 1651 Behrens is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1936 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German astronomer Johann Gerhard Behrens .... |
23 April 1936 |
| 1681 Steinmetz 1681 Steinmetz 1681 Steinmetz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer Julius Steinmetz from Gerolfingen.- External links :*... |
23 November 1948 |
| 1690 Mayrhofer 1690 Mayrhofer 1690 Mayrhofer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after Austrian amateur astronomer Karl Mayrhofer from Ried im Innkreis.- External links :*... |
8 November 1948 |
| 1730 Marceline 1730 Marceline 1730 Marceline is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1936 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
17 October 1936 |
| 1755 Lorbach 1755 Lorbach 1755 Lorbach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1936 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.It is named after Anne Lorbach Herget, the wife of American astronomer Paul Herget.- External links :*... |
8 November 1936 |
| 1884 Skip 1884 Skip 1884 Skip is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1943 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :... |
2 March 1943 |
| 2068 Dangreen 2068 Dangreen 2068 Dangreen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 8, 1948 by Laugier, M. at Nice.- External links :*... |
8 January 1948 |
| 2106 Hugo 2106 Hugo 2106 Hugo is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on October 21, 1936, by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.The name Hugo, proposed by Jean Meeus, was received in honour of the French writer Victor Hugo.- External links :*... |
21 October 1936 |
| 2384 Schulhof 2384 Schulhof 2384 Schulhof is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1943 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice, and named after Hungarian astronomer Lipót Schulhof.- External links :*... |
2 March 1943 |
| 2393 Suzuki 2393 Suzuki 2393 Suzuki is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on November 17, 1955 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
17 November 1955 |
| 2677 Joan 2677 Joan 2677 Joan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1935, by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
25 March 1935 |
| 3220 Murayama 3220 Murayama 3220 Murayama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 22, 1951 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
22 November 1951 |
| 3568 ASCII 3568 ASCII 3568 ASCII is a small main belt asteroid discovered by Marguerite Laugier on October 17, 1936.It was named in honor of the ASCII character encoding system that is used by most computers.-External links:... |
17 October 1936 |
| 4649 Sumoto 4649 Sumoto 4649 Sumoto is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 20, 1936 by M. Laugier at Nice.-Name:Named after the city of Sumoto, hometown of Syuichi Nakano who found the identifications involving this asteroid.- External links :*... |
20 December 1936 |
| 4909 Couteau 4909 Couteau 4909 Couteau is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1949 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
28 September 1949 |
| 6887 Hasuo 6887 Hasuo 6887 Hasuo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1951 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
24 November 1951 |
| 10449 Takuma 10449 Takuma 10449 Takuma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1936 by M. Laugier at Nice.- External links :*... |
16 October 1936 |
| 20959 1936 UG | 21 October 1936 |
Marguerite Laugier (née Lhomme) (12 September 1896 – 10 June 1976) 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...
active at the Nice Observatory
Nice Observatory
The Observatoire de Nice is an astronomical observatory located in Nice, France on the summit of Mont Gros. The observatory was initiated in 1879 by the banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim...
from the 1930s to the 1950s. Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier".
She discovered a number of 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...
s. The asteroid 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 :*...
is probably named for her.
Note: She is not to be confused with a male "M. Laugier" in 19th century literature, where the M. stands for "Monsieur". This refers to Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier
Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier
Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier was a French astronomer, one of two French astronomers referred to as M. Laugier.The son of Andre Laugier, a chemist , studied astronomy under François Arago...
(1812–1872).
Literature
- Brüggenthies, Wilhelm; Dick, Wolfgang R.: Biographischer Index der Astronomie / Biographical Index of Astronomy. Frankfurt a. M. 2005, ISBN 3817117698
- Schmadel, Lutz D.: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3540002383