Asteroids named after people called Christophe
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Named in memory of Christophe Plantin (c.1520-1589), printer and founder of an important printing house in Antwerp. As a youth he learned the profession of bookbinder. In 1549 he settled in Antwerp and printed his first book there in 1555. Throughout the ensuing years he established himself as a printer of great fame. His “Officina Plantiniana” published the works of contemporary scientists (among others Dodoens, Mercator, Stevin and Vesalius) and also many religious works. At the height of his career he had sixteen presses running, producing publications of exceptional quality. His greatest venture was the Biblia Regia. The “Officina” was sold in 1876 to the city of Antwerp and is now one of its most important museums. Name proposed and citation written by E. Goffin.Discovered 5 February 1932 by K. Reinmuth, Heidelberg
Christophe Demeautis is an amateur astronomer who has been the leader and caretaker of observations of minor planets by the Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Électroniques. Discoverer of several minor planets, he is also a skilled scuba diver.Discovered 16 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
Christophe Dumas (b. 1968) is a planetary scientist who is an expert in spectral and adaptive optics observations of asteroids and planets. He has made important observations of planetary ring arcs, was co-discoverer of the first asteroid satellite imaged from Earth, and achieved the first images of an exoplanet.Discovered 5 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
Christophe Ordenovic (b. 1969) is a French software engineer at Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France. He contributed to the simulation of asteroid observations for the Gaia mission and to the implementation and testing of algorithms devoted to the classification of stars.Discovered 22 March 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
Christophe Sotin (b. 1958) is a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and director of the Laboratory for Planetology and Geodynamics at the University of Nantes. His research interests include the internal structure and dynamics of the icy satellites and terrestrial planets.Discovered 12 August 2001 by NEAT, Palomar
Jean-Christophe Le Floch (b. 1965) is a French amateur astronomer who specializes in observing the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. He spends part of his time at the observatories of Bordeaux, Meudon, Haute Provence and Pic du Midi.Discovered 2 September 2005 by St. Veran, St. Veran
Christophe Lovis (b. 1977) is a Swiss astrophysicist. Born in Jura, he is a member of the extrasolar planet group at Geneva University. In 2006 he discovered three Neptune-class planets around the star HD 69830.Discovered 25 October 2003 by M. Ory, Vicques
Jean-Christophe Rufin (b. 1952) is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, was one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and is a member of the Académie Française.Discovered 14 October 2007 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
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