Odette Bancilhon
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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 Alfred Schmitt
in the 1940s, and was known professionally as O. Schmitt-Bancilhon.
The asteroid 1713 Bancilhon
is also named after her, which was discovered on 27 September 1951 by colleague Louis Boyer
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
. She is known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory
Algiers Observatory
The Algiers Observatory was built in the late nineteenth century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzaréah. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911...
, where she discovered the 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...
1333 Cevenola
1333 Cevenola
1333 Cevenola is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 20, 1934 by Bancilhon, O. at Algiers.- External links :*...
. All of her publications are signed O. Bancilhon, a practice of her profession at that time.
She later married her colleague 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:...
in the 1940s, and was known professionally as O. Schmitt-Bancilhon.
The asteroid 1713 Bancilhon
1713 Bancilhon
1713 Bancilhon is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1951 by Louis Boyer at Algiers.It was named after Odette Bancilhon, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt.- External links :*...
is also named after her, which was discovered on 27 September 1951 by colleague 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...
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