Fernand Rigaux Explained

Minor planets discovered: 8 

	17 September 1933
	21 February 1936
	1 September 1937
	15 September 1941
	17 September 1933
	17 September 1933
	6 November 1939
	26 March 1933

Fernand Rigaux (1905 – 21 September 1962) was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars, minor planets and comets at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium.

In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his colleague Sylvain Arend. He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 8 asteroids between 1933 and 1941.

The asteroid 19911 Rigaux, discovered by himself at Uccle in 1933, was named in his memory. Naming citation was published on 25 December 2015 .