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Eugène Joseph Delporte

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Minor planets discovered: 66 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe.^[2]^[3]

He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor (which lent its name to the Amor asteroids) and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis.^[2] He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte.^[2] He worked in the Observatoire Royal de Belgique (Belgian Royal Observatory), situated in the town of Uccle (after which the asteroid 1276 Ucclia is named).^[2] He started there in 1903 after receiving his doctorate that year from the Free University of Brussels.^[4]

In 1930, he drew the modern boundaries between all of the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch B1875.0.^[2]

The Florian asteroid 1274 Delportia (discovered by himself) and the lunar impact crater Delporte were named after him.^[3]^[5]

List of discovered minor planets

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^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Obituary Notices : Eugene Joseph Delporte". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 116 (2): 143–144. 1956. Bibcode:1956MNRAS.116Q.143.. doi:10.1093/mnras/116.2.143.

^ ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1274) Delportia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 105. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1275. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Delporte on Moon". USGS – IAU, Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). 25 October 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2016.