172850 Coppens
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172850 Coppens is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin
on March 3, 2005 at Tenagra II Observatory. 172850 Coppens is named after Yves Coppens
, an internationally known paleoanthropologist.
Jean-Claude Merlin
Jean-Claude Merlin is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Société Astronomique de Bourgogne...
on March 3, 2005 at Tenagra II Observatory. 172850 Coppens is named after Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens is a French anthropologist. He graduated from the University of Rennes. He has studied ancient hominids and has had multiple published works on this topic, and has also produced a film....
, an internationally known paleoanthropologist.