Asteroids named after people called Alexandre
👶 Alexandre as a baby name
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), the grandson of a French marquis and the son of a French general in Napoleon's army, is a very well known writer. Who has not heard of or read his novels Le Comte de Monte Cristo and Les trois Mousquetaires?Discovered 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
Alexandre Ananoff (1910-1992) was a Russian-French space expert, author of L´Astronautique (1950) and organizer of the first International Astronautical Congress. In 1950 he was the first recipient of the Hermann Oberth Medal, and he was an advisor on fellow writer Hergé's Adventures of Tintin on the Moon.Discovered 26 July 1992 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
D´Artagnan is the main character of Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers. He is a swashbuckling swordsman who joins the three musketeers in many adventures and ultimately earns a commission as a King's Musketeer through his skill, loyalty and devotion. The name was suggested by J. Greer.Discovered 31 December 1999 by C. W. Juels, Fountain Hills
Alexandre Corgne (b. 1977) is a French-Chilean petrologist and geochemist with a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, England. He published several articles on planetary differentiation and meteorites. Alexandre is the co-founder and head of the Pelom Kura meteorite repository, the only one in Chile recognized by the Meteoritical Society.Discovered 24 March 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
Alexandre Kaplan (1901-1973) was an electrical engineer, with a passion for astronautics and astronomy. A member of the groupe de Lorraine of the Societe Astronomique de France, he built an observatory for the use of astronomy clubs around the city of Nancy.Discovered 17 December 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
Alexandre Astier (b. 1974) is a French humorist, actor, scriptwriter and movie director. Known for the television series Kaamelott, he's an artist who wanted to be an astronomer. Alexandre uses his skills against obscurantism and to promote astronomy, as in his one-man show “l'Exoconference”.Discovered 4 August 2008 by P. Sogorb, Eygalayes
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