Asteroids named after people called Jules
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(3456) Etiennemarey
In 1890 the French physiologist Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) made the first use of celluloid roll film in movie photography. The name is derived from a suggestion by T. Wullin, who, as part of a minor-planet naming competition on the BBC Radio 4 program Word of Mouth, noted that 3456 = FILM on the keys of a telephone.Discovered 5 September 1985 by H. Debehogne, La Silla
(9447) Julesbordet
Jules Bordet (1874-1961), Nobel laureate in medicine (1919), founded the Institut antirabique et bact茅riologique du Brabant in 1900. In 1903 it was renamed the Institut Pasteur du Brabant. Beginning in 1926, the Institute developed vaccines. At the end of his life Bordet showed great interest in astronomy.Discovered 3 May 1997 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(18381) Massenet
Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was a prolific French composer of operas. His greatest successes were Manon (1884), Werther (1892) and Tha茂s (1894). The M茅ditation, a violin solo with orchestra from Tha茂s, became world famous. In 1878 he was elected a member of the Acad茅mie des Beaux-Arts.Discovered 30 December 1991 by E. W. Elst, Haute Provence
(31563) Bourdelledemicas
Jules Bourdelle de Micas (b. 1994) is a French postdoctoral researcher at the Observatoire de Paris (France). His studies include the compositional characterization of asteroids, primarily of old families and remnants of the original planetesimals, with ground and space-based telescopes.Discovered 19 March 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(42191) Thurmann
The Swiss geologist and naturalist Jules Thurmann (1804-1855), resident in Porrentruy, first explained the formation of the Jura mountains. With other intellectuals he founded the Soci茅t茅 jurassienne d麓茅mulation for the promotion of science.Discovered 14 February 2001 by M. Ory, Vicques
(293383) Maigret
Jules Maigret, French police detective and Commissaire a la Brigade Criminelle de Paris, was a character created by writer Georges Simenon in 1931.Discovered 11 March 2007 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice