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'''Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya''', also known as '''J.C. Bhattacharyya''' (1 September 1930 in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] – 4 June 2012 in [[New Delhi]])<ref name=thehindu>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/exdirector-of-institute-of-astrophysics-passes-away/article3494027.ece | title=Ex-Director of institute of astrophysics passes away | date=5 June 2012 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref> was an Indian professor well known for his contributions in experimental [[astrophysics]]. He became the director of the [[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iiap.res.in | title=Indian Institute of Astrophysics | accessdate=9 June 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625111442/http://www.iiap.res.in/ | archivedate=25 June 2012 }}</ref>

==Discoveries==
In 1971 he discovered a thin atmosphere around [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]], a satellite of Jupiter. For this he used [[Vainu Bappu Observatory|ground-based, optical telescope]] at [[Kavalur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. In 1977 he discovered an extended [[ring system]] around [[Uranus]] using lunar an [[Occultation]] technique. The [[Voyager 2|Voyager mission]] later confirmed his discovery.<ref name=thehindu/>

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