Marguerite_Laugier

Marguerite Laugier

Marguerite Laugier

French astronomer

Marguerite Laugier (née Lhomme) (12 September 1896 – 10 June 1976) was a French astronomer active at the Nice Observatory from the 1930s to the 1950s.[2] Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier".[citation needed]

Asteroids discovered: 21 [1]
1247 Memoria30 August 1932
1426 Riviera1 April 1937
1461 Jean-Jacques30 December 1937
1651 Behrens23 April 1936
1681 Steinmetz23 November 1948
1690 Mayrhofer8 November 1948
1730 Marceline17 October 1936
1755 Lorbach8 November 1936
1884 Skip2 March 1943
2068 Dangreen8 January 1948
2106 Hugo21 October 1936
2384 Schulhof2 March 1943
2393 Suzuki17 November 1955
2677 Joan25 March 1935
3220 Murayama22 November 1951
3568 ASCII17 October 1936
4649 Sumoto20 December 1936
4909 Couteau28 September 1949
6887 Hasuo24 November 1951
10449 Takuma16 October 1936
(20959) 1936 UG21 October 1936

The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 21 numbered asteroids, made between 1932 and 1955.[1]

In 1939, she was awarded the Lalande Prize for her work.[3]

The outer main-belt asteroid 1597 Laugier, discovered by Louis Boyer at Algiers in 1949, is named in her honor (M.P.C. 4418).[2][4]

Note: She is not to be confused with a male "M. Laugier" in 19th century literature, where the M. stands for "Monsieur". This refers to Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (1812–1872).

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1597) Laugier". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1597) Laugier. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 126. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1598. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. [3]
    "Prix et Subventions Attribués en 1939: Prix Lalande". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 209: 918. December 18, 1939.
  4. [4]
    "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  • Brüggenthies, Wilhelm; Dick, Wolfgang R.: Biographischer Index der Astronomie / Biographical Index of Astronomy. Frankfurt a. M. 2005, ISBN 3-8171-1769-8


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