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François Gonnessiat
François Gonnessiat (1856 – October 18 1934) was a French astronomer.
He worked at the Observatory of Lyon, France. In 1901 became director of the Quito Observatory for the purpose of making geodetic measurements. He was director of the Algiers Observatory from 1908 to 1931, where one of his colleagues was Benjamin Jekhovsky.
He extensively observed comets, and also discovered a couple of asteroids.
| 915 Cosette | December 14 1918 |
| 931 Whittemora | March 19 1920 |
Obituary
- Obs 57 (1931) 386 (incorrectly says he was director of Algiers Observatory only until 1916, see [1] [2])
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