Asteroids named after people called Michel
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(5338) Michelblanc
Named in honor of Michel Blanc (b. 1949), French planetary scientist and director of the Observatoire Midi Pyrenées. Blanc is a expert in dynamics and electrodynamics in the space environments of the earth and planets. He is Cassini Mission Interdisciplinary Scientist for studies of Saturn's magnetosphere. As president of the National Planetology Program of the Institut National de Science de l´Univers of the French National Scientific Research Council, Blanc has played a pivotal role in promoting and developing planetary science in France. Name suggested and citation prepared by M. Fulchignoni.Discovered 13 September 1991 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
(7389) Michelcombes
Named in honor of Michel André Combes (b. 1939), French planetary scientist and president of the Paris Observatory from 1992 to 1998. Combes studied planetary atmospheres using infrared observations carried out both from the ground and from space. He has been particularly active in designing and building new-technology instruments for spacecraft (for example, an infrared spectrometer for the Vega mission to comet 1P/Halley) and for the largest ground-based telescopes (such as the adaptive optics device Come-on). Combes has played an important role in developing planetary science in France, particularly by encouraging his younger colleagues to join international efforts in planetary space exploration. Name suggested and citation prepared by M. Fulchignoni.Discovered 17 October 1982 by E. Bowell, Anderson Mesa
(8890) Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was a French philosopher much preoccupied by the decline of intellectual optimism from the Renaissance through the Protestant Reformation. His Essays, intimate self-portraits advocating travel, reading and conversation, mark a new approach to literature.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(18510) Chasles
Michel Chasles (1793-1880) was professor at the École Polytechnique and later at the Sorbonne. His main contributions were in projective geometry, which he developed with a synthetic approach.Discovered 16 September 1996 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(20741) Jeanmichelreess
Jean-Michel Reess (b. 1967) is an engineer at Paris Observatory. He is developing the optics of new-generation instruments for space missions.Discovered 7 December 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(25625) Verdenet
Michel Verdenet (b. 1944), a schoolteacher in Bourbon Lancy, France, has observed variable stars and comets for nearly 40 years and is currently president of the Association Française des Observateurs d´Etoiles Variables. He has inspired several generations of amateurs, including the discoverer of this minor planet.Discovered 5 January 2000 by J.-C. Merlin, Le Creusot
(27949) Jonasz
Michel Jonasz (b. 1947) is a French poet and singer whose art has inspired and uplifted many observers. His contemplative songs often depict the peace of the starry sky, enlightening the attraction of heavenly bodies.Discovered 8 July 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(31201) Michellegrand
Michel Legrand (b. 1932) is a prolific French musical composer, arranger, conductor and jazz pianist. He composed the music of many well-known movies such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort. He has won three Oscars and many other awards worldwide.Discovered 8 January 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(37848) Michelmeunier
Michel Meunier (b. 1964) is a French airline pilot and amateur astronomer. He was codiscoverer of C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy) and currently observes with a remote telescope in Chile. He is also very active in the development of various electronic systems used in astronomy.Discovered 27 February 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(38829) Vandeputte
Michel Vandeputte (b. 1977) is a Belgian amateur astronomer who is among the most active visual observers of meteors in Belgium. He has published extensively on the results from those observations for many years.Discovered 4 September 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(49108) Gouttesolard
Michel Gouttesolard (b. 1958) is a French amateur astronomer who handcrafted mirrors for 0.4- and 0.6-m telescopes. He designed and built the Augerolles observatory, including the building, dome, instruments and mount. As a mechanic and electronics engineer, he created his own pointing/tracking system and a CCD camera in the early 1990s.Discovered 16 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(63129) Courtemanche
Michel Courtemanche (b. 1964) is an internationally known Canadian comedian and actor.Discovered 30 November 2000 by S. Sposetti, Gnosca
(63787) Michelmaurette
Michel Maurette (1933–2024) was a French astronomer known for his work in planetary science and astrobiology. He played a significant role in the study of meteorites and their implications for understanding the origins of life in the universe. His research contributed to the knowledge of extraterrestrial materials and their potential links to Earth.Discovered 11 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
(66198) Micheltallon
Michel Tallon (b. 1962) is a French researcher at the Centre de recherche astrophysique de Lyon, specializing in optical interferometry. He works on upstream developments of observational methods and associated innovative signal processing, e.g., for wavefront reconstruction or for adaptive-optics control using an inverse problem approach.Discovered 20 January 1999 by ODAS, Caussols
(67979) Michelory
Michel Ory (b. 1966), a physicist and teacher in the Swiss Jura, founded the Observatoire Astronomique Jurassien, near Vicques. Between 2000 and 2003 he discovered 30 minor planets, including a Hilda object.Discovered 4 December 2000 by J.-C. Merlin, Le Creusot
(90944) Pujol
Michel Pujol (b. 1957) created an ethernet microcontroller designed for CCD cameras used by members of the Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Électroniques. He is also a computer scientist who contributes to the AudeLA software.Discovered 25 October 1997 by A. Klotz, Castres
(99824) Polnareff
Michel Polnareff (b. 1944) is a French singer and a songwriter who has been very popular since his 1966 recording of the song “La poupée qui fait non”.Discovered 29 June 2002 by M. Ory, Vicques
(125076) Michelmayor
Michel Mayor (b. 1942) is a Swiss astrophysicist at Geneva University. In 1995, with Didier Queloz, he discovered the first extrasolar planet. This Jupiter-mass planet, 51 Peg b, has an orbital period of 4.2 days.Discovered 19 October 2001 by M. Ory, Vicques
(149865) Michelhernandez
French amateur astronomer Michel Hernandez (b. 1970) specializes in spectroscopy. He spends a lot of time at the Pic du Midi Observatory observing the sun and the sky.Discovered 29 August 2005 by St. Veran, St. Veran
(170906) Coluche
Michel Colucci (1944–1986), better known as Coluche, was a French comedian and actor, famous for his irreverent sense of humor. He was one of the first major comedians to regularly use profanities as a source of humor on French television. He was the organizer of a charity called “Les Restos du Cœur”.Discovered 9 December 2004 by M. Ory, Nogales
(178830) Anne-Veronique
Anne-Véronique (b. 1969) is the wife of Michel Hernandez, one of the discoverers of this minor planet.Discovered 18 April 2001 by St. Veran, St. Veran
(289992) Onfray
Michel Onfray (b. 1959) is a French philosopher who created a tuition-free People's University in Caen. He is one of the discoverer's favorite authors.Discovered 10 August 2005 by Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Sulpice
(361450) Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq (Michel Thomas, b. 1958) is a French author, filmmaker and poet. In 2010 he published the Prix Goncourt-winning La Carte et le Territoire. The intrusion of free-market-economics into human relationships and the loneliness of the human being in an absurd decadent world are his favorite themes.Discovered 21 January 2007 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales
(385205) Michelvancamp
Michel Van Camp (b. 1969) is the head of the Seismology & Gravimetry service at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels. He does research in gravimetry, slow tectonic deformations and hydrological effects on gravity.Discovered 21 September 1999 by T. Pauwels, Uccle
(576186) Lefebvre
Michel Lefebvre (b. 1963) is a Canadian experimental particle physicist and Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy of the University of Victoria. His research focuses on the exploration of the laws of physics at the energy frontier through the study of proton-proton collisions.Discovered 20 January 2007 by K. M. Perrett D. D. Balam, Maunakea
(631202) Aquarellia
Michel Deconinck (b. 1953) is a Belgian astronomy enthusiast known as Aquarellia, his artist name. He settled in a small village in the Var department (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France), where he makes magnificent drawings and watercolor paintings of nightscapes and astronomical events.Discovered 17 November 2006 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales
(678471) Piermichelberge
Pierre-Michel Bergé (b. 1955) is a French computer science engineer and amateur astronomer. He was heavily involved in the development of the telescope-control system for the Observatoire de Bélesta in Ariège.Discovered 19 September 2017 by M. Ory, Oukaimeden