Fernand Rigaux


Fernand Rigaux was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars, minor planets and comets at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium.
In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his colleague Sylvain Arend. He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 8 asteroids between 1933 and 1941.
The asteroid 19911 Rigaux, discovered by himself at Uccle in 1933, was named in his memory. Naming citation was published on 25 December 2015.