Louis Boyer (astronomer)

Louis Boyer (1901–1999) was a French astronomer who worked at the Algiers Observatory, North Africa, where he discovered 40 asteroids between 1930 and 1952.[1][2]

In the 1950s and 1960s. he worked on identifications of small Solar System bodies at Nice Observatory in southeastern France. The asteroid 1215 Boyer, discovered by his colleague Alfred Schmitt at Algiers in 1932, was named after him.[2] In turn Boyer named the 1617 Alschmitt asteroid in honor of Schmitt.[3]

Boyer also named 1713 Bancilhon after Odette Bancilhon his colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt.[4]

Discoveries by Louis Boyer (i)
1177 GonnessiaNovember 24, 1930
1211 BressoleDecember 2, 1931
1212 FrancetteDecember 3, 1931
1295 DeflotteNovember 25, 1933
1296 AndréeNovember 25, 1933
1301 YvonneMarch 7, 1934
1338 DupontaDecember 4, 1934
1339 DésagneauxaDecember 4, 1934
1340 YvetteDecember 27, 1934
1343 NicoleMarch 29, 1935
1344 CaubetaApril 1, 1935
1364 SafaraNovember 18, 1935
1377 RoberbauxaFebruary 14, 1936
1380 VolodiaMarch 16, 1936
Discoveries by Louis Boyer (ii)
1392 PierreMarch 16, 1936
1400 TirelaNovember 17, 1936
1412 LagrulaJanuary 19, 1937
1413 RoucarieFebruary 12, 1937
1414 JérômeFebruary 12, 1937
1415 MalautraMarch 4, 1937
1416 RenauxaMarch 4, 1937
1511 DaléraMarch 22, 1939
1574 MeyerMarch 22, 1949
1577 ReissJanuary 19, 1949
1594 DanjonNovember 23, 1949
1597 LaugierMarch 7, 1949
1598 PaloqueFebruary 11, 1950
1599 GiomusNovember 17, 1950
Discoveries by Louis Boyer (iii)
1601 PatryMay 18, 1942
1606 JekhovskySeptember 14, 1950
1616 FilipoffMarch 15, 1950
1617 AlschmittMarch 20, 1952
1629 PeckerFebruary 28, 1952
1630 MiletFebruary 28, 1952
1649 FabreFebruary 27, 1951
1713 BancilhonSeptember 27, 1951
1714 SyJuly 25, 1951
1851 LacrouteNovember 9, 1950
2021 PoincaréJune 26, 1936
4422 JarreOctober 17, 1942

References

  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1215) Boyer. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 101. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1617) Alschmitt. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 128. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1713) Bancilhon. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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