Arago may refer to:

People

Aragó Aragó is a family name that descended from the kings of the Aragonese Crown. The kings never used any family name. All lines are now exhausted. The name originated from the rivers Aragón and Aragón Subordán in northern Spain. Lines Originat ...

, 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 (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, United States, an unincorporated community *

Arago Township, Minnesota Arago Township is a township in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 586 at the 2000 census. Arago Township was named for François Arago, a French scientist. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the to ...

, United States *Cape Arago,

Cape Arago State Park Cape Arago State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Cape Arago is north of Bandon and 15 miles southwest of Coos Bay on Cape Arago Highway in Coos County. History In 1 ...

, 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, 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 is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater located in the western part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after French astronomer François Arago in 1935. Its diameter is 26 km. To the southwest lies the crater Manners (crater), Ma ...

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, an asteroid * one of the

rings of Neptune The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings. They were first discovered (as "arcs") by simultaneous observations of a stellar occultation on 22 July 1984 by André Brahic's and William B. Hubbard's teams at La Silla Observato ...

, 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) The lycée Arago is a Parisian secondary school and sixth-form located on place de la Nation. It teaches both general and technical education. It celebrated its centenary in 1980. History Built in 1880, the lycée Arago started as a higher p ...

, 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