Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion
French astronomer (1877–1962)
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Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (née Renaudot) (31 May 1877 – 28 October 1962) was a French astronomer. She worked at the Camille Flammarion Observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France, and was General Secretary of the Société astronomique de France.
31 May 1877
Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gabrielle Renaudot 31 May 1877 |
| Died | 28 October 1962 (aged 85) |
| Spouse | Camille Flammarion |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Camille Flammarion Observatory |
She published work in the changing surface features of Mars,[1][2][3][4][5] the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, and observations of other planets, minor planets and variable stars and recorded astronomy-related activities and events in numerous articles.[6]
Family
Born as Gabrielle Renaudot, her parents were Jules Renaudot, a sculptor, and Maria-Veronica Concetta Latini, who was Italian (d. 1900).[7] Her brother was the artist Paul Renaudot.[7]
She married Camille Flammarion, who was also an accomplished astronomer. She was his second wife. Flammarion's first wife, Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo, died in 1919.[8]
Honors and awards
- 1948 - Prix d'Aumale of the Académie des sciences[9]
- An impact crater on Mars, Renaudot, was named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union,[10] and her first name was the basis for naming the asteroid 355 Gabriella.
