French astronomer, observer of comets and discoverer of two minor planets. He worked at the Observatory of Lyon. In 1889 he won the Lalande Prize for astronomy from the French Academy of Sciences, and in 1901 became director of the Quito (Ecuador) Observatory for the purpose of making geodetic measurements. He became a well known and respected member of the academic scene of the city, where a street is named after him. From 1908 to 1931, he was director of the Algiers Observatory where one of his colleagues was Benjamin Jekhovsky. He was also director of the Quito Astronomical Observatory. He died on 18 October 1934 in Algiers, aged 78. The asteroid 1177 Gonnessia was named in his honour.Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Gauquelin. Born in Mornay, now Nurieux-Volognat.
Chart Analysis
Lagna for this natal chart is Libra. The lagna lord Venus has a shadbala ratio of 1.38 and is placed in house 7.
Moon is in nakshatra of P.Shadha (δ,ε Sagittarii) in pada 4. Moon has a shadbala ratio of 1.34 and is placed in house 3
The strongest planet in this chart is Saturn with a shadbala ratio of 1.52 and is placed in house 9.
The weakest planet in this chart is Mercury with a shadbala ratio of 0.902 and is placed in house 9.
