(1622) Chacornac (original) (raw)
1952 EA. Discovered 1952 Mar. 15 by A. Schmitt at Uccle.
Named in memory of Jean Chacornac (1823–1873), astronomer at Marseilles and later Paris, co-discoverer of (20) Massalia and discoverer of (25) Phocaea and five other minor planets. (M 4418)
Chacornac is also honored by a lunar crater.
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(2003). (1622) Chacornac. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7\_1623
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