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Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgianastronomer born inRobelmont,Luxembourg province, Belgium. His main interest wasastrometry.[2]
Together withGeorges Roland, he discovered the brightcometC/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland). He also discovered, or co-discovered, the periodic comets49P/Arend-Rigaux and50P/Arend,Nova Scuti 1952, and a number ofasteroids, including notably theAmor asteroid1916 Boreas and theTrojan asteroid1583 Antilochus.[3][4] He also discovered1652 Hergé which is named afterHergé, the creator ofThe Adventures of Tintin.[5] The asteroid1563 Noël is named after his son, Emanuel Arend.[6]
In 1948, Arend started together with sixteen other people the skeptic organisationComité Para. The outer main-belt asteroid1502 Arenda was named in his honor.[2]
| 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 |
| 49P/Arend–Rigaux | 5 February 1951 |
| 50P/Arend | 4 October 1951 |
| C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland) | 6 November 1956 |