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Henri Debehogne (30 December 1928 – 9 December 2007) was a Belgian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.

Biography

He was born at Maillen. Debehogne worked at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (French: Observatoire Royal de Belgique) in Uccle, and specialized in astrometry of comets and minor planets.

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of over 700 numbered minor planets, including the Trojan asteroids 6090 Aulis and 65210 Stichius (the latter with Eric Walter Elst) and hundreds of asteroids of the main-belt.

He died on 9 December 2007, at the age of 78 in Uccle. The asteroid 2359 Debehogne was named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

See also

• List of minor planet discoverers § H. Debehogne

References

1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
2. "Henri Debehogne". inmemoriam.be.
3. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2359) Debehogne". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 192. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2360. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

• 1928 births
• 2007 deaths
• 20th-century Belgian astronomers
• Discoverers of asteroids
• Discoveries by Henri Debehogne