Asteroids named after people called Florent

(38470) Deleflie

Florent Deleflie (b. 1975) is a French astronomer at IMCCE of the Paris Observatory, specializing in celestial mechanics, dynamics of artificial satellites, and long term orbit propagation.Discovered 12 October 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(197864) Florentpagny

Florent Pagny (b. 1961) is a French musician. His greatest hits include “N'importe quoi”, “Savoir aimer”, “Ma liberté de penser” and “Les murs porteurs”.Discovered 5 September 2004 by M. Ory, Vicques

(340579) Losse

Florent Losse (b. 1960) was the founder of the St Pardon de Conques observatory (code I93) and the author of the Reduc software for binaries. He is the editor of the review Étoiles Doubles and correspondent with the USNO for integrating measures into the Washington Double Star Catalogue. Losse is also an active French observer of NEOs.Discovered 6 August 2006 by C. Rinner, Dax

(688696) Bertiau

Florent Constant Bertiau (1919–1995) was a Belgian Jesuit who worked at the Vatican Observatory. He founded its Data Center in 1965, pioneered computerized data analysis, and led vital research on artificial sky pollution and stellar distributions in our galaxy.Discovered 13 November 2012 by R. P. Boyle K. Černis, Mount Graham