Eugène Joseph Delporte
Eugène Joseph Delporte was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe.
He discovered a total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor 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, situated in the town of Uccle. He started there in 1903 after receiving his doctorate that year from the Free University of Brussels.
In 1930 he drew the modern boundaries between all of the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch B1875.0.
The Florian asteroid 1274 Delportia and the lunar impact crater Delporte were named after him.| 1052 Belgica | |
| 1068 Nofretete | |
| 1122 Neith | |
| 1124 Stroobantia | |
| 1128 Astrid | |
| 1145 Robelmonte | |
| 1168 Brandia | |
| 1170 Siva | |
| 1176 Lucidor | |
| 1199 Geldonia | |
| 1217 Maximiliana | |
| 1221 Amor | |
| 1222 Tina | |
| 1239 Queteleta | |
| 1261 Legia | |
| 1274 Delportia | |
| 1276 Ucclia | |
| 1280 Baillauda | |
| 1285 Julietta | |
| 1288 Santa | |
| 1290 Albertine | |
| 1291 Phryne | |
| 1293 Sonja | |
| 1294 Antwerpia | |
| 1329 Eliane | |
| 1878 Hughes | |
| 1926 Demiddelaer | |
| 2101 Adonis | |
| 2213 Meeus | |
| 2276 Warck | |
| 2331 Parvulesco | |
| 2534 Houzeau | |
| 2545 Verbiest | |
| 2713 Luxembourg | |
| 2819 Ensor | |
| 2913 Horta | |
| 3534 Sax | |
| 3567 Alvema | |
| 3605 Davy | |
| 6354 Vangelis | |
| 7043 Godart | |
