# Arago

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**Arago** may refer to:

## People

- The French Arago family: - [François Bonaventure Arago](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bonaventure_Arago) (1754–1814), politician, father of the six Arago brothers - [Marie Arago](/source/Marie_Arago) (1755–1845), mother of the six Arago brothers - [Étienne Arago](/source/%C3%89tienne_Arago) (1802–1892), journalist, theatre director, and politician, youngest of the six brothers - [François Arago](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Arago) (1786–1853), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, oldest of the six brothers - [Jacques Arago](/source/Jacques_Arago) (1790–1855), writer, artist and explorer, third of the six brothers - [Jean Arago](/source/Jean_Arago) (1788–1836), Treasurer of the Perpignan Mint, then a general in the Mexican army, second of the six brothers - [Joseph Arago](/source/Joseph_Arago) (1796–1860), soldier in the Mexican army, fifth of the six brothers - [Victor Arago](/source/Victor_Arago) (1792–1867), soldier, fourth of the six brothers - [Emmanuel Arago](/source/Emmanuel_Arago) (1812–1896), politician, son of François Arago

Also:

- [Aragó](/source/Arag%C3%B3), a family name of the kings of the Aragonese Crown
- [Jamal Arago](/source/Jamal_Arago) (born 1993), Liberian professional footballer
- [Josep Riera i Aragó](/source/Josep_Riera_i_Arag%C3%B3) (born 1954), Catalan artist

## Places

### Earth

- Aragó, the name for [Aragon](/source/Aragon) in Catalan
- [Arago, Oregon](/source/Arago,_Oregon), United States, an unincorporated community
- [Arago Township, Minnesota](/source/Arago_Township,_Minnesota), United States
- Cape Arago, [Cape Arago State Park](/source/Cape_Arago_State_Park), Oregon, United States
- [Arago Glacier](/source/Arago_Glacier), Graham Land, Antarctica
- [Arago cave](/source/Arago_cave), Tautavel, France, a site where prehistoric remains of Tautavel Man were discovered
- [Arago hotspot](/source/Arago_hotspot), a geological hotspot near the Arago seamount in the south Pacific Ocean

### Outer space

- [Arago (lunar crater)](/source/Arago_(lunar_crater))
- [Arago (Martian crater)](/source/Arago_(Martian_crater)), named after François Arago
- [1005 Arago](/source/1005_Arago), an asteroid
- one of the [rings of Neptune](/source/Rings_of_Neptune), named in honor of François Arago

## Ships

- [USC&GS *Arago*](/source/USC%26GS_Arago), two ships of the United States Coast Survey and United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
- [USS *Arago*](/source/USS_Arago_(1861)), an armed survey ship that served in the United States Navy from 1861 to 1863
- [SS *Arago* (1855)](/source/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*](/source/French_submarine_Arago) (1912–1921)

## Other uses

- [Lycée Arago (Paris)](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_Arago_(Paris)), France, a secondary school
- [Arago telescope](/source/Arago_telescope), a refractor at Paris Observatory, Paris, France
- Arago, a character in *Ronin Warriors*, see [Talpa](/source/Talpa_(Ronin_Warriors))
- *[Arago](/source/Arago_(manga))*, a manga series written by Takahiro Arai.

## See also

- [Arago spot](/source/Arago_spot), optical phenomenon
- [Aragoscope](/source/Aragoscope), a type of telescope design
- [Arago's rotations](/source/Arago's_rotations), magnetic phenomenon

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