Fernand Rigaux

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Fernand Rigaux was a Belgian astronomer.

He observed at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium. In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his colleague Sylvain Arend. He also discovered several asteroids.

Asteroids discovered: 8
1292 Luce September 17, 1933
1378 Leonce February 21, 1936
1458 Mineura September 1, 1937
1555 Dejan September 15, 1941
3280 Gretry September 17, 1933
4908 Ward September 17, 1933
7000 Curie November 6, 1939
(19911) 1933 FK March 26, 1933
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