Honoré Flaugergues

Honoré Flaugergues ( born May 16, 1755 in Viviers, † November 26, 1835 or November 20, 1830 ) was a French astronomer. (Note: different sources have different dates of death from ).

Work

Honoré Flaugergues discovered the Great Comet of 1811 ( C/1811 F1), he is also regarded as independent co-discoverer of the Great Comet of 1807 ( C/1807 R1).

In an attempt to measure the rotation of Mars, he noticed irregularities in the time sequence in the yellow-colored properties. It was noted that he had not discovered the surface properties, but the atmospheric properties. To him, the discovery of dust clouds is therefore partially attributed to Mars, however, this is disputed by arguing his telescope was probably been rather too small for such research.

In addition to his astronomical researches Flaugergues was also active in the fields of medicine and archeology. In particular, he examined diseases that suffered the workers in the wool industry, and organized cave exploring in Alba -la -Romaine. He was also a justice of the peace in his home town.

A Martian crater bears his name in his honor.