1713 Bancilhon
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1713 Bancilhon is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 27, 1951 by Louis Boyer
at Algiers
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It was named after Odette Bancilhon
, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt
.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on September 27, 1951 by Louis Boyer
Louis Boyer (astronomer)
Louis Boyer was a French astronomer.He worked at the Algiers Observatory and discovered a number of asteroids.The asteroid 1215 Boyer was named after him by his colleague in Algiers, Alfred Schmitt...
at Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
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It was named after Odette Bancilhon
Odette Bancilhon
Odette Bancilhon was a French astronomer. She is known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, where she discovered the asteroid 1333 Cevenola. All of her publications are signed O. Bancilhon, a practice of her profession at that time.She later married her colleague...
, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt
Alfred Schmitt was a French astronomer.Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s.He is credited with having discovered a number of asteroids.-Publications:...
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