the effect of his native air, and he accordingly set out to the eastern Pyrenees, but this was ineffective and he died in Paris. His grave is at the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Arago was an atheist. Named after Arago The study association for Applied Physics at the University of Twente was named after Arago. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. The outer main-belt asteroid 1005 Arago, an inner ring of Neptune, the lunar crater Arago as well as the Martian crater Arago were also named in his honor. Two French cable ships were named after him, the François Arago of 1882 and the Arago of 1914/1931. Honours : Officer of the Order of Leopold. 1842 Prussian Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts. Publications Arago's works were published after his death under the direction J. A. Barral, in 17 vols., 8vo, 1854–1862 (); also separately his Astronomie populaire, in 4 vols.; Notices biographiques, in 3 vols.; Indices scientifiques, in 5 vols.; Voyages scientifiques, in 1 vol.; Grimoires scientifiques, in 2 vols.; Mélanges, in I vol.; and Tables analytiques et documents importants (with portrait), in 1 vol. English translations of the following portions of Arago's works have appeared: Treatise on Comets, by C. Gold, C.B. (London, 1833); also translated W. H. Smyth and Grant (London, 1861) Euloge of James Watt, by Muirhead (London, 1839); also translated, with notes, by Brougham Popular Lectures on Astronomy, by Walter Kelly and Rev. L. Tomlinson (London, 1854); also translated by Dr W. H. Smyth and Prof. R. Grant, 2 vols. (London, 1855) Arago's Autography, translated by the Rev. Baden Powell (London, 1855, 58) Arago's Meteorological Essays, with introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, translated under the supervision of Colonel Edward Sabine (London, 1855) See also The works of Antonin Mercié History of the metre Seconds pendulum References Further reading Walter Baily, A Mode of producing Arago's Rotation. 28 June 1879. (Philosophical magazine: a journal of theoretical, experimental and applied physics. Taylor & Francis., 1879) External links Obituary Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1854, volume 14, page 102 The 0 meridian in Paris misused in The Da Vinci Code is in fact an art project by the Dutch artist Jan Dibbets (1941) made in 1987 as a tribute to the astronomer François Arago (1786–1853) S.V. Arago The study association for applied physics (Dutch) at the