Arago may refer to:

People

* Aragó, a family name of the kings of the Aragonese Crown *

Étienne Arago Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''. Early life Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. ...

(1802–1892), French journalist, theater director, and politician; brother of Juan, François, and Jacques *

François Arago Dominique François Jean Arago ( ca, Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (; Catalan: ''Francesc Aragó'', ; 26 February 17862 October 1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of t ...

(1786–1853), French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician; brother of Juan, Jacques, and Étienne *

Jacques Arago Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (6 March 1790 – 27 November 1855) was a French writer, artist and explorer, author of a ''Voyage Round the World''. Biography Jacques was born in Estagel, Pyrénées-Orientales. He was the brother of François Ara ...

(1790–1855), French writer, artist and explorer; brother of Juan, François, and Étienne *

Josep Riera i Aragó Riera i Aragó was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1954. He studied at the Sant Jordi Fine Arts School, graduating in 1973. Throughout his career he has made sculptures, paintings, and graphical work. His work often depicts machines using recycled bro ...

(born 1954), Catalan artist *

Marie Arago Marie Arago, born Marie-Anne Roig (3 November 1755 – 5 September 1845) was a French woman, wife of François Bonaventure Arago and mother of François, Jean, Jacques, Victor, Joseph and Étienne Arago. She raised her eight children alone after th ...

(1755–1845), French mother of the six Arago brothers

Places

Earth

*Aragó, the name for

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

in Catalan *

Arago, Oregon Arago is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Sn ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * Arago Township, Minnesota, United States *Cape Arago, Cape Arago State Park, Oregon, United States *

Arago Glacier Arago Glacier () is a glacier flowing into Andvord Bay just northwest of Moser Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. History Arago Glacier was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys L ...

, Graham Land, Antarctica *

Arago cave Arago cave is a prehistoric site in the community of Tautavel, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is a large cavity overlooking a perennial stream called the . Human remains attributed to the Tautavel Man and the lithic remnants of t ...

, Tautavel, France, a site where prehistoric remains of Tautavel Man were discovered *

Arago hotspot Arago hotspot is a hotspot in the Pacific Ocean, presently located below the Arago seamount close to the island of Rurutu, French Polynesia. Arago is part of a family of hotspots in the southern Pacific, which include the Society hotspot and t ...

, a geological hotspot near the Arago seamount in the south Pacific Ocean

Outer space

* Arago (lunar crater) *

Arago (Martian crater) Arago is an impact crater in the Arabia quadrangle on Mars at 10.22 N and 29.93° E. It is in diameter and is in the northernmost part of Terra Sabaea. Its name was approved in 1973 and refers to the French astronomer François Arago. Arago ...

, named after François Arago *

1005 Arago Arago (minor planet designation: 1005 Arago), provisional designation , is a dark asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 55 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 September 1923, by Russian astronomer Sergey Be ...

, an asteroid * one of the rings of Neptune, named in honor of François Arago

Ships

* USC&GS ''Arago'', two ships of the United States Coast Survey and United States Coast and Geodetic Survey * USS ''Arago'', an armed survey ship that served in the United States Navy from 1861 to 1863 * SS ''Arago'' (1855), a steam ship used for mail and passenger service and, during the American Civil War, as a troop transport * French submarine ''Arago'' (1912–1921)

Other uses

* Lycée Arago (Paris), France, a secondary school *

Arago telescope Arago telescope (''Lunette Arago'') is a 38 cm (15 inch) aperture refracting telescope at Paris Observatory, installed in 1857. Francois Arago ordered this telescope from the telescope making firm Lebreours in 1839, and after a protracte ...

, a refractor at Paris Observatory, Paris, France * Arago, a character in ''Ronin Warriors'', see