Philibert Jacques Melotte

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Philibert Jacques Melotte was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium. In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaƫ. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was not given its present name until 1975. The asteroid 676 Melitta, the only one he discovered, is named after him, in a way. Its name is in fact the Attic form of the Greek "Melissa", the bee, but its resemblance with the discoverer's name is not fortuitous. Wikipedia
Born:
1880
Died:
1961
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