Asteroids named after people called Gustave
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(8238) Courbet
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was an autodidact who studied nature and the great paintings in the Louvre. Initially his paintings were not accepted in the salons of Paris; he then held his own exhibition, which was a great success. His harmonious colors influenced the French and German Impressionists.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(10838) Lebon
Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) was a French social psychologist who became famous through his book La psychologie des foules (1895): “Crowd behavior is unanimous, emotional and intellectually weak”. Freud's Massa und Ich-analyse (1920) owes much to his ideas.Discovered 9 March 1994 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(11379) Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was a French writer who conceived a strong dislike of accepted ideas. He narrowly escaped conviction by the French government for the alleged immorality of his masterpiece, Madame Bovary (1857).Discovered 21 September 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(37683) Gustaveeiffel
Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is best known for the Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris.Discovered 19 May 1995 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(63498) Whitehead
Gustave Whitehead (1874–1927) was a German-born American aeronautical engineer, aviation pioneer and inventor. In 1901 he reportedly made controlled powered flights covering significant distances in his bat-like aircraft, over two years before the Wright brothers first flew. Aviation buffs have successfully flown in modern replicas of his craft.Discovered 28 July 2001 by J. Broughton, Reedy Creek