Jean-Claude Merlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jean-Claude Merlin

French astronomer

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1954

Place of Birth: Le Creusot, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jean-Claude Merlin

  • 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.The main-belt asteroid 57658 Nilrem, discovered by Michel Ory at the Jura Observatory in 2001, is named after him.
  • Its naming citation was published on 6 March 2004 (M.P.C.
  • 51190).

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