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Jean Chacornac
| 25 Phocaea | April 6 1853 |
| 33 Polyhymnia | October 28 1854 |
| 34 Circe | April 6 1855 |
| 38 Leda | January 12 1856 |
| 39 Laetitia | February 8 1856 |
| 59 Elpis | September 12 1860 |
Jean Chacornac (June 21, 1823 – September 23, 1873) was a French astronomer.
Working in Marseille and Paris, he discovered six asteroids. The asteroid 1622 Chacornac and the Chacornac crater on the Moon are named in his honour.
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