George Van Biesbroeck Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck) (January 21 1880 – February 23 1974) was a Belgian-American astronomer.He discovered the periodic comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck, as well as two non-periodic comets C/1925 W1 (Van Biesbroeck), or 1925 VII; and C/1935 Q1 (Van Biesbroeck), or 1936 I.
He also discovered a number of asteroids.
He was born in Ghent, Belgium and became a civil engineer. However, in 1904 he left this profession and joined the staff at the observatory at the Royal Observatory of Belgium at Uccle.
In 1915, as World War I was raging, he was invited to come to Yerkes Observatory and brought his family with him. He settled in the United States and worked on double stars, comets, asteroids, and variable stars. In 1945 he retired at the age of 65, but remained very active. In 1963 he came to the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson under Gerard Kuiper.
The asteroid 1781 Van Biesbroeck is named after him, as is a crater on the Moon.
| 990 Yerkes | November 23 1922 |
| 993 Moultona | January 12 1923 |
| 1024 Hale | December 2 1923 |
| 1027 Aesculapia | November 11 1923 |
| 1033 Simona | September 4 1924 |
| 1045 Michela | November 19 1924 |
| 1046 Edwin | December 1 1924 |
| 1079 Mimosa | January 14 1927 |
| 1270 Datura | December 17 1930 |
| 1312 Vassar | July 27 1933 |
| 1464 Armisticia | November 11 1939 |
| 2253 Espinette | July 30 1932 |
| 2463 Sterpin | March 10 1934 |
| 3211 Louispharailda | February 10 1931 |
| 3378 Susanvictoria | November 25 1922 |
| 3641 Williams Bay | November 24 1922 |
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