Fernand Courty
Topic: Biography
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Short description: French astronomer
| 384 Burdigala | 11 February 1894 | MPC |
| 387 Aquitania | 5 March 1894 | MPC |
Fernand Courty (11 June 1862 – 12 October 1921) was a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
He joined Bordeaux Observatory when it was founded in 1880 by Georges Rayet and worked as an assistant astronomer. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of two asteroids at Bordeaux in 1894.[1] He also made meteorological observations.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
- "Informations diverses" (in fr). Journal des Observateurs 4: 105. http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JO.../0004//0000107.000.html. Obituary
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