Alphonse Borrelly


99 DikeMay 28, 1868
110 LydiaApril 19, 1870
117 LomiaSeptember 12, 1871
120 LachesisApril 10, 1872
146 LucinaJune 8, 1875
157 DejaniraDecember 1, 1875
171 OpheliaJanuary 13, 1877
172 BaucisFebruary 5, 1877
173 InoAugust 1, 1877
198 AmpellaJune 13, 1879
233 AsteropeMay 11, 1883
240 VanadisAugust 27, 1884
246 AsporinaMarch 6, 1885
268 AdoreaJune 8, 1887
308 PolyxoMarch 31, 1891
322 PhaeoNovember 27, 1891
369 AëriaJuly 4, 1893
394 ArduinaNovember 19, 1894

Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly was a French astronomer.
He joined the Marseille Observatory in 1864. In the course of his career, he discovered a number of asteroids and comets, including the periodic comet 19P/Borrelly.
The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Valz for 1903 and the Prix Lalande for 1909. The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honor.
In 1913, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.

Comets discovered or co-discovered

The following is an incomplete list of comets discovered or co-discovered by Borrelly: