953 Painleva [SEP] time of discovery
953 Painleva
953 Painleva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 29 April 1921 by the Russian astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky. The planet was named in honor of the French statesman and mathematician Paul Painlevé.
fall of the government in January 1933, his political career ended.
Painlevé died in Paris in October of the same year. On 4 November, after a eulogy by Prime Minister Albert Sarraut, he was interred in the Panthéon.
Honours.
- The aircraft carrier "Painlevé" was named in his honour.
- The asteroid 953 Painleva was named in his honour.
- The Laboratoire Paul Painlevé (), a French mathematics research lab, is named in his honour.
- Maurice Ravel dedicated