Eugène Joseph Delporte (January 10 1882 – October 19 1955) was a Belgian astronomer.
He discovered 66 asteroids, including notably 1221 Amor (the namesake of the Amor asteroids) and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis.
He discovered or co-discovered some comets as well, including periodic comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte.
In 1930 he fixed the modern boundaries between all the constellations in the sky, along lines of right ascension and declination for the epoch 1875.
A crater on the Moon is named after him.
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