Gabriel Delmotte

Gabriel Delmotte (5 February 1876 – 10 March 1950) was a French astronomer, deputy and Mayor of Masnières in the Nord department in northern France.

He was author of "Recherches sélénographiques et nouvelle théorie des cirques lunaires" published in 1923 in Paris.

The crater Delmotte on the Moon is named after him.

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Data from French Assemblée nationale
Gabriel Delmotte, a french astronomer, specialist of the Moon

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