Asteroids named after people called Armand
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Armand Neustadter Spitz (1904-1971), who began to publicize astronomy at the Fels Planetarium and other locations in Pennsylvania during the 1930s, is renowned for his invention of a low-cost planetarium in early models of which the star images are projected by means of holes drilled in dodecahedral plastic panels.Discovered 7 July 1978 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
French physicist Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau (1819–1896) improved photographic processes. In a laboratory experiment with Foucault in 1849, he made an independent determination of the speed of light. Using the phenomenon of light interference, he measured successfully the dilations of crystals.Discovered 20 September 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
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