Jean-Claude Merlin

Jean-Claude Merlin
Born 1954
Nationality French
Fields Astronomy
Institutions Société Astronomique de Bourgogne
Notable awards Lauréat de la Fondation de la Vocation 1982, Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle 1999

Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Société Astronomique de Bourgogne (Burgundy Astronomical Society). He was laureate of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Fondation de la Vocation in 1982 and received the Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle of the Société astronomique de France in 1999.[1]

He has discovered more than one hundred minor planets, including:

  • 198993 Epoigny
  • 205424 Bibracte
  • 221230 Sanaloria
  • 221465 Rapa Nui
  • 224592 Carnac
  • 224617 Micromégas
  • 227641 Nothomb
  • 227767 Enkibilal
  • 229631 Cluny
  • 231307 Peterfalk

The main-belt asteroid 57658 Nilrem is named after him.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Prix, Médailles et Récompenses décernés par la Société Astronomique de France". Société Astronomique de France. http://www2.saf-lastronomie.com/prixmed.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-21. 
  2. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. 2004-03-08. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=57658. Retrieved 2008-07-21. 

External Links

Visit his web page at : http://station504.pagesperso-orange.fr/