Sylvain Arend
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Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg province, Belgium. His main interest was astrometry.[2]
Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland). He also discovered, or co-discovered, the periodic comets 49P/Arend-Rigaux and 50P/Arend, Nova Scuti 1952, and a number of asteroids, including notably the Amor asteroid 1916 Boreas and the Trojan asteroid 1583 Antilochus.[3][4] He also discovered 1652 Hergé which is named after Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin.[5] The asteroid 1563 Noël is named after his son, Emanuel Arend.[6]
In 1948 Arend started together with sixteen other people the skeptic organisation Comité Para. The outer main-belt asteroid 1502 Arenda was named in his honor.[2]
List of discovered minor planets
| 1127 Mimi | 13 January 1929 |
| 1171 Rusthawelia | 3 October 1930 |
| 1262 Sniadeckia | 23 March 1933 |
| 1263 Varsavia | 23 March 1933 |
| 1281 Jeanne | 25 August 1933 |
| 1286 Banachiewicza | 25 August 1933 |
| 1287 Lorcia | 25 August 1933 |
| 1313 Berna | 24 August 1933 |
| 1314 Paula | 16 September 1933 |
| 1315 Bronislawa | 16 September 1933 |
| 1348 Michel | 23 March 1933 |
| 1352 Wawel | 3 February 1935 |
| 1563 Noël | 7 March 1943 |
| 1565 Lemaître | 25 November 1948 |
| 1570 Brunonia | 9 October 1948 |
| 1573 Väisälä | 27 October 1949 |
| 1576 Fabiola | 30 September 1948 |
| 1579 Herrick | 30 September 1948 |
| 1583 Antilochus | 19 September 1950 |
| 1591 Baize | 31 May 1951 |
| 1592 Mathieu | 1 June 1951 |
| 1593 Fagnes | 1 June 1951 |
| 1613 Smiley | 16 September 1950 |
| 1625 The NORC | 1 September 1953 |
| 1633 Chimay | 3 March 1929 |
| 1639 Bower | 12 September 1951 |
| 1640 Nemo | 31 August 1951 |
| 1652 Hergé | 9 August 1953 |
| 1683 Castafiore | 19 September 1950 |
| 1717 Arlon | 8 January 1954 |
| 1787 Chiny | 19 September 1950 |
| 1887 Virton | 5 October 1950 |
| 1916 Boreas | 1 September 1953 |
| 1969 Alain | 3 February 1935 |
| 2084 Okayama | 7 February 1935 |
| 2109 Dhotel | 13 October 1950 |
| 2231 Durrell | 21 September 1941 |
| 2265 Verbaandert | 17 February 1950 |
| 2277 Moreau | 18 February 1950 |
| 2455 Somville | 5 October 1950 |
| 2513 Baetslé | 19 September 1950 |
| 2538 Vanderlinden | 30 October 1954 |
| 2642 Vésale | 14 September 1961 |
| 2666 Gramme | 8 October 1951 |
| 2689 Bruxelles | 3 February 1935 |
| 2866 Hardy | 7 October 1961 |
| 2973 Paola | 10 January 1951 |
| 3228 Pire | 8 February 1935 |
| 3346 Gerla | 27 September 1951 |
| 3755 Lecointe | 19 September 1950 |
| 3920 Aubignan | 28 November 1948 |
References
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1502) Arenda. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 120. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ↑ "1583 Antilochus (1950 SA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "1916 Boreas (1953 RA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1652) Hergé. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1563) Noël. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 124. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 9 November 2015.