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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.

He was born in Lyon and died in Villeurbanne. Working in Marseille and Paris, he discovered six asteroids. The asteroid 1622 Chacornac and the crater Chacornac on the Moon are named in his honour.

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