Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion Explained

Birth Name:	Gabrielle Renaudot
Birth Date:	31 May 1877
Nationality:	French
Fields:	Astronomy
Workplaces:	Camille Flammarion Observatory
Spouse:	Camille Flammarion

Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (née Renaudot) (31 May 1877  - 28 October 1962) was a French astronomer. She worked at the Camille Flammarion Observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France, and was General Secretary of the Société astronomique de France.

She published work in the changing surface features of Mars,^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, and observations of other planets, minor planets and variable stars and recorded astronomy-related activities and events in numerous articles.^[6]

Family

Born as Gabrielle Renaudot, her parents were Jules Renaudot, a sculptor, and Maria-Veronica Concetta Latini, who was Italian .^[7] Her brother was the artist Paul Renaudot.

She married Camille Flammarion, who was also an accomplished astronomer. She was his second wife. Flammarion's first wife, Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo, died in 1919.^[8]

Honors and awards

• 1948 - Prix d'Aumale of the Académie des sciences^[9]
• An impact crater on Mars, Renaudot, was named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union,^[10] and her first name was the basis for naming the asteroid 355 Gabriella.

References

• Arend. S.. In Memoriam: Gabrielle Flammarion. Ciel et Terre. French . 1962. 78. 377 - 378. 22 May 2014. 1962C&T....78..377. .
• Hommage à Mme G. Camille Flammarion. L'Astronomie. French . 1962. 76. 279 - 280. 1962LAstr..76..279..

Notes and References

1. Flammarion. G. Camille. 1927. L' "Oeil" de Mars.. L'Astronomie. 41. 165–167. 1927LAstr..41..165F. 0004-6302.
2. Flammarion. Gabrielle Camille. Quenisset. F.. 1924. La Planete Mars.. L'Astronomie. 38. 417–424. 1924LAstr..38..417F. 0004-6302.
3. Flammarion. Camille. Flammarion. Gabrielle. Quenisset. F.. 1924. La Planete Mars.. L'Astronomie. 38. 354–357. 1924LAstr..38..354F. 0004-6302.
4. Flammarion. Camille. Flammarion. Gabrielle C.. Quenisset. F.. 1924. La Planete Mars.. L'Astronomie. 38. 313–323. 1924LAstr..38..313F. 0004-6302.
5. Flammarion. Gabrielle Camille. Renaudot. G.. 1920. Meteorologie Martienne.. L'Astronomie. 34. 377–379. 1920LAstr..34..377F. 0004-6302.
6. Web site: NASA/ADS. 2021-03-25. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu.
7. Gotlieb, Marc, The Deaths of Henri Regnault, 2016 p90
8. "Flammarion, Nicolas Camille", Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2014, p373
9. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3179j/f1293.image.r=%22gabrielle%20renaudot%22?rk=493564;4 Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences (juillet - décembre 1948), p. 1301.
10. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4992 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Renaudot