Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly

From Freepedia

Asteroids discovered: 18

99 Dike	May 28 1868
110 Lydia	April 19 1870
117 Lomia	September 12 1871
120 Lachesis	April 10 1872
146 Lucina	June 8 1875
157 Dejanira	December 1 1875
171 Ophelia	January 13 1877
172 Baucis	February 5 1877
173 Ino	August 1 1877
198 Ampella	June 13 1879
233 Asterope	May 11 1883
240 Vanadis	August 27 1884
246 Asporina	March 6 1885
268 Adorea	June 8 1887
308 Polyxo	March 31 1891
322 Phaeo	November 27 1891
369 Aëria	July 4 1893
394 Arduina	November 19 1894

Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer.

Working in Marseille, he discovered asteroids and comets.

He discovered the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly.

The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honour.

Obituary

• JO 9 (1926) 169 (in French)