Michel Giacobini (1873–1938) was a Frenchastronomer.
He discovered a number ofcomets, including21P/Giacobini-Zinner (parent body of theGiacobinidsmeteor shower),41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, and205P/Giacobini. The latter he had discovered atNice on 4 September 1896, but it was not seen on its return, a little less than 7 years later, and was considered alost comet and consequently designated D/1896 R2. On 10 September 2008, amateursupernova huntersKoichi Itagaki andHiroshi Kaneda rediscovered it, on its seventeenth return.
He won theLalande Prize in 1900 and worked at theNice Observatory until 1910, when he requested a transfer to theParis Observatory. He was awarded theValz Prize by theFrench Academy of Sciences in both 1905 and 1908.[1][2]
In 1903, Giacobinin received thePrix Jules Janssen, the highest award of theSociété astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.
He volunteered for military service inWorld War I and suffered the effects of poison gas. He recovered and resumed his astronomical activities after the war.
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