Alphonse Borrelly


Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly was a French astronomer born in Roquemaure, Gard.
He joined the Marseille Observatory in 1864. In the course of his career, he discovered a number of asteroids and comets, including the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly. He also discovered five NGC objects, all galaxies.
The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Valz for 1903 and the Prix Lalande for 1909. The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honor.
In 1913, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.

Discoveries

Comets discovered or co-discovered

The following is an incomplete list of comets discovered or co-discovered by Borrelly:
NGC objects discovered