Daniel Barbier

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Daniel Barbier (10 December 1907 – 1 April 1965) was a French astronomer born in Lyon.[1][2]

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

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[3] and Paletou 2018[4]).

Honors

  • The lunar crater Barbier was named after him in 1970.[5]
  • Asteroid
    M.P.C. 106501).[6]

References

  1. . Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "986 Amelia (A922 UA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ISSN 0365-0499
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  5. ^ "Barbier (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  6. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 5 February 2020.