Fernand Courty
384 Burdigala | 11 February 1894 | MPC |
387 Aquitania | 5 March 1894 | MPC |
Fernand Courty (11 June 1862 – 12 October 1921) was a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
He joined Bordeaux Observatory when it was founded in 1880 by Georges Rayet and worked as an assistant astronomer. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of two asteroids at Bordeaux in 1894.[1] He also made meteorological observations.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links[]
- "Informations diverses". Journal des Observateurs (in French). 4: 105. Obituary
Categories:
- 1862 births
- 1921 deaths
- 19th-century French astronomers
- Discoverers of asteroids
- Discoveries by Fernand Courty
- 20th-century French astronomers
- French astronomer stubs