Audouin Dollfus  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search Audouin Dollfus Born (1924-11-12)November 12,
1924 Died October 1, 2010(2010-10-01) (aged 85) Nationality
French Fields astronomy Institutions Paris Observatory Alma
mater University of Paris Doctoral advisor Bernard Lyot
Known for Discoverer of Janus  Audouin Charles Dollfus (November
12, 1924 – October 1, 2010[1]) was a French astronomer and
aeronaut, specialist in studies of the solar system and
discoverer of Janus, a moon of Saturn.  Life and career[edit]
He was born in Paris to Charles Dollfus.  He studied at the
University of Paris, obtaining a doctorate in physical sciences
in 1955. Beginning in 1946, Dollfus worked as an astronomer at
the Meudon Observatory, following his advisor and mentor Bernard
Lyot. In particular, he directed the Laboratory of Solar System
Physics there. Upon his passing, he was an honorary astronomer
at the Paris Observatory. Most of his work was carried out based
on observations from the Pic du