Alphonse Borrelly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French astronomer
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Place of Birth: Roquemaure, Occitania, France
About Alphonse Borrelly
- Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer. He joined the Marseille Observatory in 1864.
- In the course of his career, he discovered a number of asteroids and comets, including the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly. The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Valz (Prix Valz) for 1903 and the Prix Lalande for 1909.
- The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honor. In 1913, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.
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