Charles P. de Saint-Aignan
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Charles P. de Saint-Aignan (born 1977 in Paris) is an American software engineer who currently works for IBM. He graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), in 1995,[1] followed by Brown University, (Providence, Rhode Island), in 1999.
In 1994, Charles worked for Ted Bowell at Lowell Observatory, where he discovered a number of asteroids. The first asteroid he found was named for Walter Hawley, his high school astronomy teacher.
Asteroid 5995 Saint-Aignan is named for Charles.
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- ^ Timeline of the St. Paul's Lenore and Walter Hawley Observatory. The Hawley Observatory.