Alphonse Borrelly Explained

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Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer.

He joined the Marseille Observatory in 1864. In the course of his career, he discovered a number of asteroids and comets, including the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly.

The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Valz for 1903^[1] and the Prix Lalande for 1909.^[2] The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honor.

In 1913, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.

Comets discovered or co-discovered

The following is an incomplete list of comets discovered or co-discovered by Borrelly:

• C/1873 Q1 (Borrelly)^[3]
• C/1877 C1 (Borrelly)^[3]
• C/1877 G2 (Swift-Borrelly-Block)^[3]
• C/1889 X1 (Borrelly)^[3]
• 19P/Borrelly
• C/1909 L1 (Borrelly-Daniel)^[4]

External links

• Bosler . J . Jean Bosler . Alphonse Borrelly (article nécrologique) . . 9 . 1926 . 169 . 169 . fr. 1926JO......9..169B . Obituary

Notes and References

1. Séance du 21 décembre . Le Moniteur Scientifique du Docteur Quesneville . February 1904 . 156–157 . https://archive.today/20141021131458/http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2557122;view=1up;seq=164 . dead . 2014-10-21 .
2. Séance du 20 décembre . Le Moniteur Scientifique du Docteur Quesneville . February 1910 . 143–144 . https://archive.today/20141021045109/http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2557134;view=1up;seq=151 . dead . 2014-10-21 .
3. Book: Kronk, Gary W.. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. 2: 1800–1899. Comet Designation Index, years 1855–1892. 836. 2003. https://books.google.com/books?id=5XXjVF8fuGkC&pg=PA836. 0521585058.
4. Book: Kronk, Gary W.. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. 2: 1800–1899. C/1909 L1 (Borrelly-Daniel). 837. 2003. https://books.google.com/books?id=5XXjVF8fuGkC&pg=PA837. 0521585058.