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THIS eminent French astronomer died on the 6th of last September, having been born at Lyon, June 21, 1823. Chacornac is chiefly known for his discoveries among the planetoids whose orbits are contained between those of Mars and Jupiter. In his earlier year she devoted himself to commerce, but having, in 1851, made the acquaintance of M. Valz, Director, of the Marseilles Observatory, Chacornac became an enthusiastic student of astronomy, devoting himself to research in Connection with the solar spots and to the assiduous exploration of the heavens. On his discovery of a new comet on May 15, 1852, he made up his mind to abandon commerce and devote himself entirely to astronomy.
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Jean Chacornac * . Nature 8, 512 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008512a0
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