Asteroids named after people called Claude
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(4481) Herbelin
Named in honor of Claude Herbelin (b. 1931), of Neuchâtel, on the occasion of his 65th birthday (1996 Dec. 13). A friend of the discoverer and brother of the discoverer's companion Anne-Marie Malotki, Herbelin is an electrotechnical engineer by profession. He is also an enthusiastic telecommunications specialist (frequency standards, chronometry) and mountain skier and hiker. Citation provided by S. Herbelin and C. Gassmann-Herbelin.Discovered 14 September 1985 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(9592) Clairaut
Alexis-Claude Clairaut (1713-1765) was one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He predicted with an error of only about one month the perihelion date of Halley's comet in 1759. Well-known for the Clairaut partial differential equations, he was much esteemed for his rationalistic views.Discovered 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12064) Guiraudon
In 1961 Jean-Claude Guiraudon founded the Fédération Nationale des Clubs Scientifiques, which later evolved into the Association Nationale Sciences Techniques Jeunesse. He now works at the international level with MILSET, the Mouvement International pour le Loisir Scientifique Et Technique, which he helped create.Discovered 28 March 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(12996) Claudedomingue
Claude A. Domingue (b. 1935) is a Canadian and American engineer who worked for IBM during the Apollo era. He was responsible for testing and validating the memory used in the computer system that supported the Apollo flights. He was on call for each flight, playing a vital role in the first manned exploration of the Moon.Discovered 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(14826) Nicollier
Born in Vevey, Switzerland, Claude Nicollier (b. 1944) studied astronomy in Geneva and became the first European mission specialist of NASA. Astronomers owe him special thanks for his decisive part in the success of both servicing missions on the Hubble Space Telescope.Discovered 16 September 1985 by P. Wild, Zimmerwald
(14885) Paskoff
Marie-Claude Paskoff is chief editor of the astronomical journal L´Astronomie, founded by Flammarion in 1882.Discovered 6 September 1991 by E. W. Elst, Haute Provence
(18838) Shannon
American scientist Claude Elwood Shannon (1916-2001) became the father of information science and a cofounder of cybernetics through his numerous fundamental contributions, including the epoch-making paper A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948).Discovered 18 July 1999 by Sarounova, L., Kusnirak, P., Ondrejov
(19226) Peiresc
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) was a French humanist and philosopher with a great interest in astronomy. In 1610 he discovered the Orion Nebula and was one of the first to draw a map of the moon. He observed the satellites of Jupiter and has been honored with the lunar crater Peirescus.Discovered 15 September 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(22647) Levi-Strauss
French anthropologist and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009) introduced structuralism as the basis of human perception. Disillusioned with the study of philosophy at the Sorbonne, he went in 1935 to Brazil, where his research on Indian tribes culminated in Tristes Tropiques (1955) and La Pensée Sauvage (1962).Discovered 26 July 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(33402) Canizares
Claude R. Canizares (b. 1945) is a renowned physicist, the Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics at MIT, Associate Director of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and former director of MIT's Center for Space Research. This naming is upon his retirement as Vice President of MIT.Discovered 12 February 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(35621) Lorius
Claude Lorius (b. 1932) is a French glaciologist. With his research, which is based on his polar expeditions, mostly to Antarctica, he reconstructed climate changes over past millennia. He has publicized the threat of global warming, which arose as a result of human activity, for decades.Discovered 15 May 1998 by Galad, A., Pravda, A., Modra
(37785) Nougaro
Claude Nougaro (1929–2004) was a French songwriter, singer and poet. Born in Toulouse, he spoke and sang with a southwestern French accent. Fond of jazz music, he wrote French lyrics and put American jazz standards and Brazilian themes into his songs.Discovered 27 September 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(39543) Aubriet
Claude Aubriet (1651-1742), a French painter of natural history, accompanied botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort on his 1700 voyage to the Middle East. Aubriet made 489 illustrations for Tournefort's Elémens de Botanique and also made paintings of the voyage.Discovered 6 August 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(57658) Nilrem
Jean-Claude Merlin (b. 1954), a technician in process computing in Le Creusot, France, has been observing comets and asteroids for more than 30 years. He wrote many papers for astronomical magazines and several books about minor planets. He is the founder-president of the Société Astronomique de Bourgogne.Discovered 17 October 2001 by M. Ory, Vicques
(65864) Claudepieplu
Claude Pieplu (1923–2003) was a French actor, with a long career in theater, cinema and television. He is mostly remembered for being the narrator of the television series Les Shadoks.Discovered 27 July 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(73984) Claudebernard
Claude Bernard (b. 1931) worked in the French Railways (SNCF) as a train driver. He is an avid solar observer who has gathered visual observations of sunspots and tried to correlate them with terrestrial phenomena. He co-founded the astronomical association of the SNCF.Discovered 26 February 1998 by R. Roy, Blauvac
(84011) Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude George Pelle (b. 1942) is a passionate amateur astronomer who operates an observatory on Tahiti, French Polynesia. Among his main interests are observations of occultations by minor planets and searching for supernovae.Discovered 23 July 2002 by S. F. Hoenig, Palomar
(91553) Claudedoom
Claude Doom (b. 1958) edited the Belgian astronomical magazine Heelal during 1994--1998 and is still a board member of the Flemish Amateur Astronomers Association. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the evolution of massive stars. The name was suggested by S. De Jonge, C. Steyaert and J. Meeus.Discovered 8 September 1999 by T. Pauwels, Uccle
(130071) Claudebrunet
Claude Brunet (b. 1956) is Flight Software manager at the Canadian Space Agency. He oversaw the development of the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter instrument, of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer currently on MSL (member of the MSL Operation team), and of the Phoenix Meteorological Station instrument.Discovered 3 November 1999 by CSS, Catalina
(178008) Picard
Claude Picard (1942-2008), an “Arts et Métiers” engineer, joined the Societé Astronomique de France in 2000. In 2001 he created the Commission Cosmologie and later become its president. The discoverer, who has become a member of this commission, appreciates very much Picard's technical competence and kindness.Discovered 30 August 2006 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
(320260) Bertout
Claude Bertout (b. 1946) is a French astronomer and long-time editor of Astronomy and Astrophysics. As Editor-in-Chief (1999-2011), he played a key role in making the journal one of the world-standards in astronomical publishing. His main research areas are star formation and the physics of T Tauri stars.Discovered 31 August 2007 by Kiss, L., Sarneczky, K., Siding Spring
(340929) Bourgelat
Claude Bourgelat (1712-1779) was a French veterinary surgeon. He was the founder of the Lyon veterinary college in 1761, the first veterinary school in the world.Discovered 9 March 2007 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
(347266) Carriere
Jean-Claude Carrière (1931–2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter, actor, and Academy Award honoree. He was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of Buñuel's late French films.Discovered 13 June 2004 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice