Jean Chacornac

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Asteroids discovered: 6
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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