• co-discovered by Borrelly: C/1873 Q1 (Borrelly) C/1877 C1 (Borrelly) C/1877 G2 (Swift-Borrelly-Block) C/1889 X1 (Borrelly) 19P/Borrelly C/1909 L1 (Borrelly-Daniel)...
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    Comet Borrelly /bɒˈrɛli/ or Borrelly's Comet (official designation: 19P/Borrelly) is a comet with a period of 6.85 years that was visited by the spacecraft...
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  • carcinologist Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), French astronomer Alphonse de Polignac (1817–1890), French mathematician Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion (1843–1899)...
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    146 Lucina (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    146 Lucina is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 8, 1875, and named after Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth....
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    110 Lydia (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    primarily of nickel-iron. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on 19 April 1870 and was named for Lydia, the Asia Minor country populated...
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  • Adorea is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly in Marseilles. It was named after adorea liba which were split cakes...
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    157 Dejanira (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    157 Dejanira is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on 1 December 1875, and named after the warlike princess Deianira in Greek...
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    308 Polyxo (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    308 Polyxo is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by A. Borrelly on 31 March 1891, in Marseilles. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.75 AU...
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    268 Adorea (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    belt asteroid, about 140 km (87 mi) in width. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on 8 June 1887 in Marseilles. This asteroid is a member of the Themis family...
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    394 Arduina (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on 19 November 1894 in Marseilles. "394 Arduina (1894 BH)". JPL Small-Body...
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    233 Asterope (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    asteroid that was discovered on 11 May 1883, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at Marseille Observatory in Marseille, France. The asteroid was named...
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    120 Lachesis (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on April 10, 1872, and independently by German-American astronomer...
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    171 Ophelia (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    dark Themistian asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on 13 January 1877, and named after Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet...
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    99 Dike (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    a quite large and dark main-belt asteroid. Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28, 1868. It was his first asteroid discovery. This object...
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    173 Ino (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1877, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at Marseille Observatory in southern France, and named after the queen...
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    246 Asporina (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    classified as one of the few A-type asteroids. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on 6 March 1885 in Marseilles and was named after Asporina, a goddess worshipped...
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    198 Ampella (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    198 Ampella is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 13, 1879. The name seems to be the feminine form of Ampelos, a satyr...
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    369 Aëria (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    The asteroid was discovered on 4 July 1893, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at the Marseille Observatory in southeastern France. It was named...
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    322 Phaeo (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    diameter. It was discovered on 27 November 1891, by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly at the Marseille Observatory in southern France. The presumably metallic...
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    117 Lomia (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    orbital eccentricity is 0.029. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on September 12, 1871, from the Marseilles Observatory. The preliminary...
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    NGC 2715 (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered in 1871 by Alphonse Borrelly. It is an intermediate spiral galaxy that is 4.9 arcminutes wide....
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    172 Baucis (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on February 5, 1877, and named after a fictional character in the...
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    240 Vanadis (category Discoveries by Alphonse Borrelly)
    main-belt asteroid with a diameter of around 100 km. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on August 27, 1884, in Marseilles and was named after Freyja (Vanadis)...
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    Jules Janssen 1869: James Craig Watson 1870: William Huggins 1871: Alphonse Borrelly 1872: Paul Henry and Prosper Henry 1873: Jérôme Eugène Coggia 1874:...
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    geography. Alphonse Borrelly, astronomer, who discovered an important number of asteroids and comets, including the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly. Philippe...
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  • Kingdom/Australia, 1922–1993) William Cranch Bond (United States, 1789–1859) Alphonse Borrelly (France, 1842–1926) Rudjer Boscovich (Dalmatia, 1711–1787) Lewis Boss...
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  • coordinates, 23:31 / -2°45' in Pisces). Borrelly's Star is probably S Ceti (0h 23.8m / -9° 28'). Named after Alphonse Borrelly. Boyajian's Star (or Tabby's Star)...
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  • László Detre (1906–1974), Hungarian astronomer MPC · 1538 1539 Borrelly 1940 UB Alphonse Borrelly (1842–1926), French astronomer and discoverer of minor planets...
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    Cowell and Andrew Crommelin 1911 – Jean Bosler 1912 – Max Wolf 1913 – Alphonse Borrelly 1914 – Annibale Riccò 1915 – no award 1916 – no award 1917 – George...
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    Hartwig – Heliometer observations and work on variable stars 1903 – Alphonse Borrelly – Discoveries of comets 1904 – Campos Rodrigues – Determination of...
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