Asteroids named after people called Benoit
馃懚 Benoit as a baby name
Named in honor of Beno卯t Carry (b. 1983), a Research Fellow at the European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain. His 2009 University of Paris Ph.D. research and ongoing investigations specialize in the physical properties of minor planets as measured from high angular-resolution imaging.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
Beno卯t Noyelles (b. 1978) is a French dynamicist. He took part in the determination of the origin of N2-rich comets, and of the Centaur Echeclus. Beno卯t is associated with the Classical and Large-a Solar System survey and works on the preparation of the scientific cases for binary TNOs to be observed by the MICADO instrument at the ELT.Discovered 9 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
Benoit Mandelbrot (b. 1924) is a French-American mathematician. He has studied geometric and physical structures, to which he gave the name fractals, that are self-similar at different scales. Fractal concepts have found application to many disciplines, from cardiology to the analysis of stock-market prices.Discovered 12 April 2000 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
Beno卯t Seignovert (b. 1990) earned his PhD from the University of Reims, France. His research focuses on Titan鈥檚 surface and atmosphere. He developed and maintains the Cassini/VIMS data portal that hosts the complete dataset of spectral cubes of Saturn鈥檚 icy moons observed during the Cassini mission.Discovered 14 October 1990 by Lawrence, K. J., Helin, E. F., Palomar
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