Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882–1955)
Born 1882 CE, died 1955 CE.
Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Belgium in Genappe. He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include asteroid 1221 Amor (which gave its name to the category of 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. He worked in the Observatoire Royal de Belgique (Belgian Royal Observatory), situated in the town of Uccle (after which the asteroid 1276 Ucclia is named). He started there in 1903 after receiving his doctorate that year from the Free University of Brussels. In 1930 he published, on behalf of the International Astronomical Union, a work delineating the modern boundaries between all of the 88 official constellations in the sky, along lines of constant right ascension and declination for the epoch B1875.0. The Florian asteroid 1274 Delportia (discovered by himself) and the lunar impact crater Delporte were named after him.
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