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Eugène Joseph Delporte

1882 - 1955

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Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe. He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor (which lent its name to the Amor asteroids) and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis. He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Joseph Delporte is the 152nd most popular astronomer (down from 149th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 211th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Eugène Joseph Delporte ranks 152 out of 644. Before him are Antonio Abetti, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Wilhelm Beer, Hermann Carl Vogel, Adelard of Bath, and James Dunlop. After him are Maslama al-Majriti, Jacobus Kapteyn, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Eugène Joseph Delporte ranks 75. Before him are Dušan Simović, Feng Yuxiang, John Rabe, Johnny Torrio, Franz Seldte, and Leo Perutz. After him are Leopold Stokowski, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Joaquín Turina, Lucien Petit-Breton, Artur Schnabel, and Yoshijirō Umezu. Among people deceased in 1955, Eugène Joseph Delporte ranks 42. Before him are Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Alexandros Papagos, Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, Archie Hahn, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. After him are Alexander Wienerberger, Otto Braun, Léon Werth, Theda Bara, Max Pechstein, and Alfréd Hajós.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eugène Joseph Delporte ranks 185 out of 1,190. Before him are Eric Walter Elst (1936), Paul Otlet (1868), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), and Henri, Count of Paris (1933). After him are Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Juliana of Liège (1193), Constantin Meunier (1831), Alexander Agricola (1446), and Lara Fabian (1970).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, Eugène Joseph Delporte ranks 5. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Petrus Plancius (1552), and Eric Walter Elst (1936). After him are Henri Debehogne (1928), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), George Van Biesbroeck (1880), and Marcel Minnaert (1893).

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