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Odette Bancilhon (22 September 1908 – 1998) was a French astronomer.[1] She is best known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, in Algeria, North Africa, where she discovered 1333 Cevenola, a stony Eunomian asteroid from the main-belt.[2][3]

Odette Bancilhon
Born	22 September 1908
Died	1998
Nationality	French
Occupation	Astronomer
Known for	Discovered 1333 Cevenola asteroid
Spouse(s)	Alfred Schmitt

Life and work

Bancilhon was a graduate in science and she served as a meteorological assistant in Algiers for one year beginning 1 December 1932.[4] On 7 December 1933, she was appointed as Alfred Schmitt's replacement while he performed his military service. In that capacity, in 1934, she discovered the asteroid (1333) Cevenola.[1][4] (All of her publications at that time were signed O. Bancilhon, a practice of her profession.) She was named an assistant on 1 November 1937.[4]

She married her colleague Alfred Schmitt in Algiers on 12 September 1942, and became known professionally as O. Schmitt-Bancilhon.[1]

She and her husband were transferred to the Strasbourg Observatory in France on 1 January 1950, and she worked there as an assistant for several years.[4] The couple then moved to the Quito Observatory in Ecuador from 2 October 1956 to 10 April 1958. She was an assistant there while her husband served as observatory director. She retired on 1 July 1964.[1]

The main-belt asteroid 1713 Bancilhon (measuring 5.716 kilometers in diameter) was named in her honor. It was discovered on 27 September 1951 by Louis Boyer, her former colleague at the Algiers Observatory.[4][5]

Selected publications

• Schmitt, A., and O. Schmitt-Bancilhon. "Positions of Comets obtained visually at the Equatorial Coudé of the Algiers Observatory." Observer Journal 31 (1948): 164.

References

На других языках

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[de] Odette Bancilhon

Odette Bancilhon (* 22. September 1908; † 1998) war eine französische Astronomin.[1]

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- [en] Odette Bancilhon

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[fr] Odette Bancilhon

Odette Bancilhon, née le 22 septembre 1908 à Molezon (Lozère) et morte le 22 octobre 1993 à Alès[1], est une astronome française, active dans les années 1930 et 1940 à l'observatoire d'Alger. Toutes ses publications sont signées O. Bancilhon, pratique courante à l'époque.

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[it] Odette Bancilhon

Odette Bancilhon (Molezon, 22 settembre 1908 – Alès, 22 ottobre 1993[1]) è stata un'astronoma francese.

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[ru] Банкильон, Одетта

Одетта Банкильон (фр. Odette Bancilhon, 1908 -?) — французская женщина-астроном и первооткрывательница астероидов, которая в 30-е — 40-е годы работала в Алжирской обсерватории, а с 1949 года начала работать в Королевской обсерватории Бельгии[1]. 20 февраля 1934 года ею был обнаружен астероид (1333) Севенола[2]. Вышла замуж за своего коллегу астронома Альфреда Шмита примерно между 1940 и 1948 годом. С 1956 по 1958 год была директором Астрономической обсерватории в Кито. Вышла на пенсию в 1964 году.

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