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Odette Bancilhon

Astronomer (1908-1993) · France · On the map · Scientists · Died at 85

Odette Bancilhon was a French astronomer. She is best known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, in Algeria, North Africa, where she discovered 1333 Cevenola, a stony Eunomian asteroid from the main-belt.

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