Odette Bancilhon

Odette Bancilhon (born 22 September 1908 – 1998) was a French astronomer.[1] She is known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, where she discovered 1333 Cevenola, a stony Eunomian asteroid from the main-belt.[2][3] All of her publications are signed O. Bancilhon, a practice of her profession at that time.

She later married her colleague Alfred Schmitt in the 1940s, and was known professionally as O. Schmitt-Bancilhon.

The main-belt asteroid 1713 Bancilhon, discovered by colleague Louis Boyer in 1951, was named in her honor.[4]

References
  1. Traut, B.; Heck, A.; Duerbeck, H. W. (2005-01-01). Heck, AndrÉ (ed.). Strasbourg Observatory Scientific Personnel (From Foundation to About Year 2000). The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. 330. Springer Netherlands. pp. 277–292. Bibcode:2005ASSL..330..293V. doi:10.1007/1-4020-3644-2_18. ISBN 9781402036439.
  2. "1333 Cevenola (1934 DA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. "LCDB Data for (1333) Cevenola". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1713) Bancilhon". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1713) Bancilhon. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 136. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1714. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.



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