Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya, also known as J.C. Bhattacharyya (1 September 1930 in Calcutta – 4 June 2012 in New Delhi)[1] was an Indian professor well known for his contributions in experimental astrophysics.
[2] In 1971 he discovered a thin atmosphere around Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter.
For this he used ground-based, optical telescope at Kavalur, Tamil Nadu, India.
In 1977 he discovered an extended ring system around Uranus using lunar an Occultation technique.
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