Jean Chacornac

Jean Chacornac ( born June 21, 1823 in Lyon, † September 23, 1873 in Lyon) was a French astronomer.

He worked at the observatories of Marseille and Paris in 1854.

He produced several high-quality star charts, including the Atlas ecliptique, and discovered six asteroids (see list of asteroids ) and the NGC object with the number 1988 in the constellation Taurus.

In honor of Chacornac the asteroid ( 1622) Chacornac and the moon crater Chacornac was named after him.

List of minor planets New General Catalogue Taurus (constellation) (1622) Chacornac Lunar craters Chacornac (crater) Astrophysics Data System Integrated Authority File
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