Odette Bancilhon

Odette Bancilhon
Born22 September 1908
Died1998 (aged 89–90)
NationalityFrench
OccupationAstronomer
Known forDiscovered 1333 Cevenola asteroid
SpouseAlfred Schmitt

Odette Bancilhon (22 September 1908 – 1998) was a French astronomer. She is best known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory, in Algeria, North Africa, where she discovered 1333 Cevenola, a stony Eunomian asteroid from the main-belt.

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