Jean-Claude Merlin

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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:

172850 Coppens
181279 Iapyx
181627 Philgeluck
184275 Laffra
184878 Gotlib
198993 Epoigny
205424 Bibracte
221230 Sanaloria
221465 Rapa Nui
224592 Carnac
224617 Micromégas
227641 Nothomb
227767 Enkibilal
229631 Cluny
231307 Peterfalk

233383 Assisneto
236463 Bretécher
243285 Fauvaud
255308 Christianzuber
260508 Alagna
261690 Jodorowsky
348034 Deslorieux

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

References

↑ "Prix, Médailles et Récompenses décernés par la Société Astronomique de France". Société Astronomique de France. Retrieved 2008-07-21. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

"Solar System Exploration: Deep Impact". NASA. Retrieved 2008-07-21. (Images of Comet Tempel 1)

External links

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

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Name	Merlin, Jean Claude
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Short description	French astronomer
Date of birth	1954
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