Asteroids named after people called Etienne
馃懚 Etienne as a baby name馃惗 Etienne as a dog name
(12896) Geoffroy
Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) established in Philosophie anat-omique (2 volumes, 1818-1822) the principle of unity of organic composition among vertebrates (and later also invertebrates). Opposing Cuvier, Geoffroy's concepts created a receptive scientific audience for Darwin's evolution theory.Discovered 26 August 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(14015) Senancour
Etienne Pivert de Senancour (1770-1846), a French essayist and philosopher, is considered one of the precursors of the Romantic Movement. His epistolary novel Obermann (1804) was greatly inspired by the philosophical ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Discovered 16 January 1994 by Elst, E. W., Pollas, C., Caussols
(14439) Evermeersch
Etienne Vermeersch (b. 1934) is a Belgian philosopher and professor. His interest embraces philosophy of science, environmental philosophy and ethics. A former vice-rector of the Ghent University, he is known for his books, The River of Herakleitos, (2008) and The Panda's Eyes (1988).Discovered 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(20594) Pemartin
Pierre-Etienne Martin (b. 1993) is a French planetary scientist at the University of Bern, investigating micron- to submicron-sized inclusions in Martian and carbonaceous meteorites (CMs). During his Ph.D., he studied refractory inclusions to assess aqueous alteration in CMs and joined the Hayabusa2 returned-samples analysis team.Discovered 9 September 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(317917) Jodelle
Etienne Jodelle (1532-1573) was a French dramatist and poet. He was a member of the La pleiade group of poets, created to defend the French language as the official language of France.Discovered 21 October 2003 by Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Sulpice
(362316) Dogora
In 1996 French composer Etienne Perruchon (b. 1958) composed his first Dogorian songs in an imaginary language. In 2000, he created a popular work for mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra inspired by his Dogorian songs. The action of this drama had been transposed into Dogora, an imaginary central European country.Discovered 15 November 2009 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales