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Jean Chacornac

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Jean Chacornac (June 21, 1823 – September 23, 1873) was a French astronomer and discoverer of a comet and several asteroids. [1]

25 relations: Annibale de Gasparis, Asteroid, Asteroid belt, Astronomer, Astrophysics Data System, Chacornac (crater), Comet, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lalande Prize, List of hyperbolic comets, Lyon, Marseille, Meteoroid, Minor planet, Paris, Saint-Jean-en-Royans, Springer Publishing, 1622 Chacornac, 20 Massalia, 25 Phocaea, 33 Polyhymnia, 34 Circe, 38 Leda, 39 Laetitia, 59 Elpis.

Annibale de Gasparis

Annibale de Gasparis (November 9, 1819, Bugnara – March 21, 1892, Naples) was an Italian astronomer, born in Bugnara to parents originally from Tocco da Casauria.

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Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Astrophysics Data System

The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is an online database of over eight million astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources.

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Chacornac (crater)

Chacornac is an irregular lunar impact crater attached to the southeast rim of the crater Posidonius.

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Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California, United States, with large portions of the campus in La Cañada Flintridge, California.

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Lalande Prize

The Lalande Prize (French: Prix Lalande) was an award for scientific advances in astronomy, given from 1802 until 1970 by the French Academy of Sciences.

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List of hyperbolic comets

This is a list of parabolic and hyperbolic comets in the Solar System.

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Lyon

Lyon (Liyon), is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France.

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Marseille

Marseille (Provençal: Marselha), is the second-largest city of France and the largest city of the Provence historical region.

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Meteoroid

A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.

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Minor planet

A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Saint-Jean-en-Royans

Saint-Jean-en-Royans is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Springer Publishing

Springer Publishing is an American publishing company of academic journals and books, focusing on the fields of nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, and rehabilitation (neuropsychology).

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1622 Chacornac

1622 Chacornac, provisional designation, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter.

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20 Massalia

20 Massalia is a stony asteroid and the parent body of the Massalia family located in the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.

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25 Phocaea

25 Phocaea is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 75 kilometers in diameter.

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33 Polyhymnia

33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Jean Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.

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34 Circe

34 Circe is a large, very dark main-belt asteroid.

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38 Leda

38 Leda is a large, dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856, and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology.

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39 Laetitia

39 Laetitia is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Jean Chacornac on February 8, 1856, and named after “Laetitia”, one of the epithets of Ceres, Roman goddess of fertility and abundance.

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59 Elpis

59 Elpis is a very large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.47 years.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chacornac

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