Benjamin Baillaud

Édouard Benjamin Baillaud ( born February 14, 1848 in Chalon -sur -Saône, † July 8, 1934 in Paris) was a French astronomer.

He received at the École Normale Supérieure and the Sorbonne His academic training. From 1878 to 1907 he was Director of the Observatory of Toulouse, then he headed until 1926, the Paris Observatory.

He was particularly concerned with the study of the orbits of Saturn's moons. During his time in Toulouse, he was instrumental in the preparation of the 50 cm telescope at the Pic du Midi. He later became the first president of the International Astronomical Union ( 1919-1922 ).

Honors

The lunar crater Baillaud was named after him. The 50 - cm telescope at the Pic du Midi also got its name. Particularly intense it took his son Jules Baillaud, also an astronomer and from 1937 to 1947 director of the observatory on the Pic du Midi.

After Jules Baillaud the asteroid was 1280 Baillauda and after Benjamin Baillaud is ( 11764 ) Benbaillaud named. According to him, the moon crater named Baillaud