Arago

Arago may refer to:

People

• Aragó, a family name of the kings of the Aragonese Crown
• Étienne Arago (1802–1892), French journalist, theater director, and politician; brother of Juan, François, and Jacques
• François Arago (1786–1853), French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician; brother of Juan, Jacques, and Étienne
• Jacques Arago (1790–1855), French writer, artist and explorer; brother of Juan, François, and Étienne
• Josep Riera i Aragó (born 1954), Catalan artist
• Marie Arago (1755–1845), French mother of the six Arago brothers

Places

Earth

• Aragó, the name for Aragon in Catalan
• Arago, Oregon, United States, an unincorporated community
• Arago Township, Minnesota, United States
• Cape Arago, Cape Arago State Park, Oregon, United States
• Arago Glacier, Graham Land, Antarctica
• Arago cave, Tautavel, France, a site where prehistoric remains of Tautavel Man were discovered
• Arago hotspot, a geological hotspot near the Arago seamount in the south Pacific Ocean

Outer space

• Arago (lunar crater)
• Arago (Martian crater), named after François Arago
• 1005 Arago, 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, a refractor at Paris Observatory, Paris, France
• Arago, a character in Ronin Warriors, see Talpa
• Arago, a manga series written by Takahiro Arai.

See also

• Arago spot, optical phenomenon
• Aragoscope, a type of telescope design
• Arago's rotations, magnetic phenomenon