Back Jean-Claude Merlin AN جان كلود ميرلين Arabic جان كلود ميرلين ARZ Jean-Claude Merlin German Jean-Claude Merlin Esperanto Jean-Claude Merlin French Jean-Claude Merlin Italian Jean-Claude Merlin LB Jean-Claude Merlin Polish Мерлен, Жан-Клод Russian
Jean-Claude Merlin | |
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 Jean-Claude Merlin | |
| Born | 1954 |
| Nationality | French |
| Awards | Lauréat de la Fondation de la Vocation 1982, Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle 1999 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Société Astronomique de Bourgogne |
| see § List of discovered minor planets |
Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (French: Société Astronomique de Bourgogne) and a discoverer of minor planets. 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.[2][3]
The main-belt asteroid 57658 Nilrem, discovered by Michel Ory at the Jura Observatory in 2001, is named after him.[3] Its naming citation was published on 6 March 2004 (M.P.C. 51190).[4]
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