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Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg province, Belgium. His main interest was astrometry.
Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland). He also discovered, or co-discovered, the periodic comets 49P/Arend-Rigaux and 50P/Arend, Nova Scuti 1952, and a number of asteroids, including notably the Amor asteroid 1916 Boreas and the Trojan asteroid 1583 Antilochus. He also discovered 1652 Hergé which is named after Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin. The asteroid 1563 Noël is named after his son, Emanuel Arend.
In 1948, Arend started together with sixteen other people the skeptic organisation Comité Para. The outer main-belt asteroid 1502 Arenda was named in his honor.
List of discovered minor planets
1127 Mimi 13 January 1929 1171 Rusthawelia 3 October 1930 1262 Sniadeckia 23 March 1933 1263 Varsavia 23 March 1933 1281 Jeanne 25 August 1933 1286 Banachiewicza 25 August 1933 1287 Lorcia 25 August 1933 1313 Berna 24 August 1933 1314 Paula 16 September 1933 1315 Bronislawa 16 September 1933 1348 Michel 23 March 1933 1352 Wawel 3 February 1935 1563 Noël 7 March 1943 1565 Lemaître 25 November 1948 1570 Brunonia 9 October 1948 1573 Väisälä 27 October 1949 1576 Fabiola 30 September 1948 1579 Herrick 30 September 1948 1583 Antilochus 19 September 1950 1591 Baize 31 May 1951 1592 Mathieu 1 June 1951 1593 Fagnes 1 June 1951 1613 Smiley 16 September 1950 1625 The NORC 1 September 1953 1633 Chimay 3 March 1929 1639 Bower 12 September 1951 1640 Nemo 31 August 1951 1652 Hergé 9 August 1953 1683 Castafiore 19 September 1950 1717 Arlon 8 January 1954 1787 Chiny 19 September 1950 1887 Virton 5 October 1950 1916 Boreas 1 September 1953 1969 Alain 3 February 1935 2084 Okayama 7 February 1935 2109 Dhotel 13 October 1950 2231 Durrell 21 September 1941 2265 Verbaandert 17 February 1950 2277 Moreau 18 February 1950 2455 Somville 5 October 1950 2513 Baetslé 19 September 1950 2538 Vanderlinden 30 October 1954 2642 Vésale 14 September 1961 2666 Gramme 8 October 1951 2689 Bruxelles 3 February 1935 2866 Hardy 7 October 1961 2973 Paola 10 January 1951 3228 Pire 8 February 1935 3346 Gerla 27 September 1951 3755 Lecointe 19 September 1950 3920 Aubignan 28 November 1948
List of discovered comets + Comets discovered: 3 49P/Arend–Rigaux 5 February 1951 50P/Arend 4 October 1951 C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland) 6 November 1956
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