George Van Biesbroeck

George Achille Van Biesbroeck, later George A. Van Biesbroeck, ( born January 21, 1880 in Ghent, † February 23, 1974 ) was a born in Belgium American astronomer. He was born as Georges- Achilles Van Biesbroeck, but called himself after his emigration to the United States George A. Van Biesbroeck.

He discovered the periodic comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck, as well as the non-periodic comets: C/1925 W1 ( Van Biesbroeck 1) and C/1935 Q1 ( Van Biesbroeck 2). In addition, he discovered 16 asteroids ( see list ).

He was initially an engineer, but gave up this profession and joined the staff of the Royal Observatory at Uccle.

Van Biesbroeck received an invitation to conduct research in Wisconsin at the Yerkes Observatory during the First World War in 1915. Since he could take his family, he moved to the USA and worked in the field of double stars, comets, asteroids, and variable stars. In 1945, he joined officially retired, but that does not prevent him in his activities. In 1963 he moved to the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, where he worked under Gerard Kuiper on.

Honors

Van Biesbroeck received the 1957 James Craig Watson Medal. In addition, the asteroid 1781 Van Biesbroeck and the moon crater Van Biesbroeck were named after him. Further, he discovered red dwarf VB 10 (Wolf 1055 B) is sometimes called Van Briesbroecks star. The George Van Biesbroeck Prize ( George Van Biesbroeck Prize ) by the American Astronomical Society awards, is also named after him.

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