Asteroids named after people called Philippe
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(9152) Combe
Jean-Philippe Combe (b. 1977) is a research scientist on the Dawn mission team analyzing the mineralogy of Vesta using visible and near-infrared mapping data. His work helped interpret the widespread presence of OH on the surface.Discovered 1 November 1980 by S. J. Bus, Palomar
(12095) Pinel
Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), a French physician who made revolutionary contributions to the treatment of patients suffering from mental illness, became chief physician at the La Salpêtrière clinic in Paris. His Traité médico-philosophique sur l´Aliénation mentale (1801) has been translated into several languages.Discovered 25 April 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12567) Herreweghe
Philippe Herreweghe (b. 1945) has studied medicine and psychiatry at Ghent University, combining this study with piano at the conservatory. In 1971 he founded the Ghent Collegium Vocale and became its conductor. He is known worldwide for his baroque music interpretations.Discovered 21 September 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(13775) Thebault
Philippe Thébault (b. 1969), of Paris Observatory, is an expert on the dynamics of small solar system bodies. He has worked on the planetesimal accretion of planetary systems and collisions in the Kuiper Belt. The name was suggested by M. A. Barucci and E. Dotto.Discovered 11 October 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(17879) Robutel
Philippe Robutel (b. 1964) works at the Institut de Mécanique Céleste in Paris on the stability of the three-body problem, especially on the existence of quasiperiodic motions for the application of KAM theory.Discovered 22 January 1999 by ODAS, Caussols
(25640) Klintefelt
Philippe Klintefelt Collet (b. 1990) was awarded second place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his behavioral and social sciences project. He attends the Goteborgs Hogre Samskola, Goteborg, Sweden.Discovered 4 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(33524) Rousselot
Philippe Rousselot (b. 1967) is a French professor at the Besançon Observatory in France. He is a specialist in visible and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of active small bodies, including comets, Centaurs, and active asteroids.Discovered 7 April 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(34678) Hansenestruch
Philippe Ingemann Hansen-Estruch (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biomedical and health sciences project. He attended the Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California, U.S.A.Discovered 4 January 2001 by LINEAR, Socorro
(35391) Uzan
Jean-Philippe Uzan (b. 1969) is a French theoretical physicist, renowned for his research on gravitation and relativistic cosmology. He has received several awards, including the Georges Lemaître prize, and is deeply involved in scientific outreach both by publishing popular books and mixing art and science.Discovered 3 December 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(39877) Deverchere
Philippe Deverchére (b. 1959 ) is a French engineer and amateur astronomer. He has developed free software for astronomers (such as C2A) since 1990, and more recently light-pollution analysis software and instrumentation. He has played a major role in understanding light-pollution modeling and measurement.Discovered 1 March 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(42611) Manchu
Manchu (b. 1956, real name Philippe Bouchet) is a French space artist. As a science and science-fiction illustrator, he inspired generations of readers and budding scientists in France, enabling them to visualize exotic worlds or phenomena. His paintings are both spectacular and realistic.Discovered 2 March 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(73933) Philippeamram
Philippe Amram (b. 1962) is a French astronomer and professor at Aix-Marseille University. His research has primarily focused on galaxies, particularly their kinematics, dynamics, and the distribution of ordinary and dark matter.Discovered 3 September 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(74080) Philippestee
Philippe Stée (b. 1968) is a French astrophysicist and president of the Paris Observatory. He directed the Lagrange laboratory that built the ESO VLTI beam combiner MATISSE. Philippe is a specialist on hot and massive stars, and he created the pioneering SIMECA numerical code used to interpret interferometric data from the AMBER focal instrument.Discovered 20 July 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(99915) Henarejos
Philippe Henarejos (b. 1967) is a French science journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the French astronomy magazine Ciel et Espace. He is the author of 15 books, mainly celestial handbooks, popularization books, and the book Ils ont marché sur la Lune, the story of the Apollo missions.Discovered 2 October 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(181627) Philgeluck
A comedian, humorist and cartoonist, Philippe Geluck (b. 1954) studied at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle in Brussels. In 1983 he created the internationally known character “Le Chat”.Discovered 8 December 2006 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales
(214485) Dupouy
Philippe Dupouy (b. 1952) founded the Observatoire de Dax in 1978. A genius handyman, he built a planetarium showing more than 1000 stars and had a key role in developing the T60 telescope at Pic du Midi. With Michel Meunier, he was the first amateur to discover a comet (C/1997 J2) using a remote-control telescope.Discovered 26 October 2005 by C. Rinner, Ottmarsheim
(332183) Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky (b. 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin and then took up the piano before turning to singing. He is noted for his coloratura technique and for compelling and enlivened interpretations of baroque cantatas and operas.Discovered 28 January 2006 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales
(578202) Philippetalbot
Philippe Talbot (b. 1979) is a French tenor who performs comic operas and operettas in the great French repertoire. He studied song at the Conservatoire of Angers and is a guest on major international opera stages. Philippe performed a delicate interpretation of Nadir in George Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles.Discovered 25 December 2013 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales