Asteroids named after people called Georges
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(6587) Brassens
Named in memory of Georges Brassens (1921-1981), a French poet born on the Mediterranean coast. This gruff artist with a soft heart sang of human nature through texts that were often nonconformist. Henceforth, accompanied by his faithful guitar, he will belong to the heritage of French culture. Citation provided by members of the Groupement d´Astronomie Populaire de la Région d´Antibes, translated by C. Hayter.Discovered 27 November 1984 by CERGA, Caussols
(9614) Cuvier
Georges Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) was a French zoologist who established the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Although denying evolution, he was particularly successful in reconstructing complete skeletons of unknown quadrupeds, giving evidence that whole species of animals had become extinct.Discovered 27 January 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(11775) Kohler
Georges J. F. Köhler (1946-1995), German biochemist and recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in medicine together with N. K. Jerne and C. Milstein. Jerne and Köhler, worked at the Basel Institute for Immunology.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
(13500) Viscardy
Georges Viscardy (b. 1917) is the founder of the Société Monégasque d´Astronomie and of the Observatoire de Saint Martin de Peille on the French Riviera. An inspiration for many amateur astronomers, he has dedicated his life to high-resolution imaging, producing a wonderful photographic atlas of the moon.Discovered 6 August 1987 by CERGA, Caussols
(37865) Georgesattard
Georges Attard (b. 1957) is a French computer scientist and program manager in the aerospace industry. He has developed a number of image processing algorithms and has contributed to digital mapping and satellite imagery software.Discovered 28 March 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(196945) Guerin
Georges Guerin (b. 1934) is a retired philosophy professor. He is passionate about astronomy and has built his own observatory at La Ratonie in the Aveyron region of France.Discovered 26 October 2003 by C. Rinner, Ottmarsheim
(214378) Kleinmann
Georges Kleinmann (b. 1930) is a retired journalist and producer for Swiss public television who covered the Apollo space missions.Discovered 10 June 2005 by M. Ory, Vicques
(244932) Melies
Georges Méliès (1861–1938) was a French film maker and pioneer of science-fiction movies, best known for his 1902 film Le voyage dans la lune.Discovered 15 December 2003 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
(293499) Wolinski
A native of Tunis (Tunisia), Georges Wolinski (1934–2015) was a French cartoonist. He contributed to many magazines including Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo.Discovered 14 April 2007 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales
(343134) Bizet
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era. Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.Discovered 19 March 2009 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice