Gabriel Delmotte

French astronomer
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IntroFrench astronomer
PlacesFrance
wasAstronomer Politician
Work fieldScience Politics
Gender
Male
Birth5 February 1876, Masnières
Death10 March 1950Masnières (aged 74 years)
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Biography

Gabriel Delmotte (5 February 1876 – 10 March 1950) was a French astronomer, deputy and Mayor of Masnières in the Nord department in northern France.
He was the author of Recherches sélénographiques et nouvelle théorie des cirques lunaires, which was published in 1923 in Paris.
The crater Delmotte on the Moon is named after him.

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