- Marguerite Laugier
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Asteroids discovered: 21 1247 Memoria 30 August 1932 1426 Riviera 1 April 1937 1461 Jean-Jacques 30 December 1937 1651 Behrens 23 April 1936 1681 Steinmetz 23 November 1948 1690 Mayrhofer 8 November 1948 1730 Marceline 17 October 1936 1755 Lorbach 8 November 1936 1884 Skip 2 March 1943 2068 Dangreen 8 January 1948 2106 Hugo 21 October 1936 2384 Schulhof 2 March 1943 2393 Suzuki 17 November 1955 2677 Joan 25 March 1935 3220 Murayama 22 November 1951 3568 ASCII 17 October 1936 4649 Sumoto 20 December 1936 4909 Couteau 28 September 1949 6887 Hasuo 24 November 1951 10449 Takuma 16 October 1936 20959 1936 UG 21 October 1936 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. Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier".
She discovered a number of asteroids. The asteroid 1597 Laugier[1] is probably named for her.
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).
Literature
- Brüggenthies, Wilhelm; Dick, Wolfgang R.: Biographischer Index der Astronomie / Biographical Index of Astronomy. Frankfurt a. M. 2005, ISBN 3817117698
- Schmadel, Lutz D.: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3540002383
Categories:- 1896 births
- 1976 deaths
- French astronomers
- Asteroid discoverers
- 20th-century astronomers
- French astronomer stubs
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