Marguerite Laugier (née Lhomme) (12 September 1896 – 10 June 1976) was a French astronomer active at the Nice Observatory from the 1930s to the 1950s.
[2] Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier".
[citation needed] The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 21 numbered asteroids, made between 1932 and 1955.
[3] The outer main-belt asteroid 1597 Laugier, discovered by Louis Boyer at Algiers in 1949, is named in her honor (M.P.C.
[2][4] Note: She is not to be confused with a male "M. Laugier" in 19th century literature, where the M. stands for "Monsieur".