Jean-Claude Merlin is a French astronomer

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

, 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

Société Astronomique de France

The Société Astronomique de France is a French astronomical society that was founded by the astronomer Camille Flammarion....

 in 1999.

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

• 10233 Le Creusot
  10233 Le Creusot
  10233 Le Creusot is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 5, 1997 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 15042 Anndavgui
  15042 Anndavgui
  15042 Anndavgui is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1998 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 25625 Verdenet
  25625 Verdenet
  25625 Verdenet is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 5, 2000 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 37044 Papymarcel
  37044 Papymarcel
  37044 Papymarcel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 2000 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 67979 Michelory
  67979 Michelory
  67979 Michelory is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 4, 2000 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 88795 Morvan
  88795 Morvan
  88795 Morvan is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 2001 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 98494 Marsupilami
  98494 Marsupilami
  98494 Marsupilami is an asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin on October 27, 2000. Its provisional designation was '. It is named after the Marsupilami.-External links:* *...
  
  
• 99262 Bleustein
  99262 Bleustein
  99262 Bleustein is an asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin on July 20, 2001. Its provisional designation was 2001 OQ12. It is named after Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet.-External links:*...
  
  
• 110393 Rammstein
  110393 Rammstein
  110393 Rammstein is an asteroid named after the German NDH-Metal band Rammstein. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin....
  
  
• 125592 Buthiers
  125592 Buthiers
  125592 Buthiers is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1519.6521415 days .The asteroid was discovered on December 15, 2001 at Buthiers.-References:...
  
  

• 125718 Jemasalomon
  125718 Jemasalomon
  125718 Jemasalomon is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1415.6873256 days . The asteroid was discovered on December 15, 2001....
  
  
• 135268 Haigneré
  135268 Haigneré
  135268 Haigneré is a Main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin on September 20, 2001 at Le Creusot, France. Its provisional designation was 2001 SX115. It was named after Claudie and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, two French astronauts....
  
  
• 155142 Tenagra
• 157747 Mandryka
  157747 Mandryka
  157747 Mandryka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 2006 by Jean-Claude Merlin at Tenagra II Observatory.- External links :*...
  
  
• 158222 Manicolas
  158222 Manicolas
  158222 Manicolas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 2001 by J.-C. Merlin at Le Creusot.- External links :*...
  
  
• 172850 Coppens
  172850 Coppens
  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....
  
  
• 181279 Iapyx
• 181627 Philgeluck
• 184275 Laffra
  184275 Laffra
  184275 Laffra is an inner main belt asteroid It was discovered by Tenagra II Observatory on January 6, 2005 at Nogales, Arizona. 184275 Laffra is named after Maurice Laffra, who established the Orchestre Symphonique du Creusot in 1920....
  
  
• 184878 Gotlib
  184878 Gotlib
  184878 Gotlib is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin on October 26, 2005 at Nogales, Arizona. 184878 Gotlib is named after Marcel Gotlib, a cartoonist, born in Paris. He contributed to many comic strip magazines, including Pilote, in which he created the Rubrique-à-Brac...
  
  

• 198993 Epoigny
• 205424 Bibracte
  205424 Bibracte
  205424 Bibracte is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin on April 13, 2001 at Le Creusot. 205424 Bibracte is named after the capital of the Haeduans Celtic tribe during the 1st century BC where Vercingétorix was crowned king of the Gallic tribes in 52 BC. during the Gallic...
  
  
• 221230 Sanaloria
• 221465 Rapa Nui
• 224592 Carnac
• 224617 Micromégas
• 227641 Nothomb
• 227767 Enkibilal
• 229631 Cluny
• 231307 Peterfalk

The main-belt

Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 57658 Nilrem

57658 Nilrem

57658 Nilrem is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 2001 by M. Ory at Vicques.It is named after Jean-Claude Merlin , a technician in process computing in Le Creusot, France, an observer of comets and asteroids for more than 30 years. He wrote many papers for astronomical magazines and...

is named after him.

External Links

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