Family tree of Daniel BARBIER
Astronomer, Geographer
Born Daniel BARBIER
French astronomer
Born on December 10, 1907 in Lyon , France
Died on March 31, 1965 in Marseille , France
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His name remains associated to the famous Eddington-Barbier relationships of analytical radiative transfer (see Barbier 1943 and Paletou 2018).
... Daniel Barbier (10 December 1907 – 1 April 1965) was a French astronomer born in Lyon.Between 1930 and 1965 he published nearly 100 scientific papers on astronomy. Among his works were studies of stellar atmospheres and lunar occultations and eclipses. He performed studies of the upper atmosphere, Aurora Borealis, the zodiacal light and the night airglow.
His name remains associated to the famous Eddington-Barbier relationships of analytical radiative transfer (see Barbier 1943 and Paletou 2018).
Honors
The lunar crater Barbier was named after him in 1970.
Asteroid 37853 Danielbarbier, discovered by Eric Elst at La Silla Observatory in 1998, was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 5 October 2017 (M.P.C. 106501).
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Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
Geographical origins
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