390 Alma
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390 Alma is a typical medium-sized Eunomian asteroid
. It was Guillaume Bigourdan
's only asteroid discovery. He discovered it on March 24, 1894 in Paris
.
Eunomia family
The Eunomia family of asteroids is a large grouping of S-type asteroids named after the Greek goddess Eunomia. It is the most prominent family in the intermediate main belt...
. It was Guillaume Bigourdan
Guillaume Bigourdan
Camille Guillaume Bigourdan was a French astronomer.Bigourdan was born at Sistels, Tarn-et-Garonne. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory, and in 1879 followed Tisserand to the Paris Observatory when the latter became director there.He...
's only asteroid discovery. He discovered it on March 24, 1894 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.