Fernand Rigaux


1292 Luce17 September 1933
1378 Leonce21 February 1936
1458 Mineura1 September 1937
1555 Dejan15 September 1941
3280 Gretry17 September 1933
4908 Ward17 September 1933
7000 Curie6 November 1939
19911 Rigaux26 March 1933

Fernand Rigaux was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars, minor planets and comets at the Observatoire Royal [de Belgique|Royal Observatory] at Uccle, Belgium.
In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his colleague Sylvain Arend. He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 8 asteroids between 1933 and 1941.
The asteroid 19911 Rigaux, discovered by himself at Uccle in 1933, was named in his memory. Naming citation was published on 25 December 2015.