Audouin Dollfus

Audouin Dollfus
Dollfus in 2009
Born(1924-11-12)12 November 1924
Died1 October 2010(2010-10-01) (aged 85)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forDiscoverer of Janus
AwardsPrix Jules Janssen (1993)
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsParis Observatory
Doctoral advisorBernard Lyot

Audouin Charles Dollfus (12 November 1924 – 1 October 2010[1][2]) was a French astronomer and aeronaut, specialist in studies of the Solar System and discoverer of Janus, a moon of Saturn.