Asteroids named after people called Pierre
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(2190) Coubertin
Named in memory of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), a prominent French public figure, teacher, historian and man of letters. He was responsible for the renaissance of the Olympic Games, and the name is suggested by the discoverer in connection with the 22nd Olympic Games in Moscow.Discovered 2 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(5439) Couturier
Named in honor of Pierre Couturier (b. 1942), president of the Observatoire de Paris. An expert in coronal heating and solar wind expansion, Couturier was initially a plasma physicist working on the solar wind. He became co-investigator of the radio experiment on the International Comet Explorer, which flew by comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in 1985. For five years, Couturier was associate director of the Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, and he then became director of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation. Name suggested by M. A. Barucci and M. Fulchignoni, and citation prepared by C. de Bergh.Discovered 14 September 1990 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
(5442) Drossart
Named in honor of Pierre Drossart (b. 1956), researcher of the CNRS at Paris-Meudon Observatory. Drossart is a specialist on the atmospheres of the giant planets and has worked on the interpretation of the infrared spectra of Jupiter from Voyager and ground-based observations (Jupiter H2 measurements, first detection of H3+ on Jupiter, observations of aurorae, etc.). He has been involved as a co-investigator in several space-mission imaging spectrometers used to study Mars and the giant planets. Name suggested and citation provided by M. A. Barucci.Discovered 12 July 1991 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
(5523) Luminet
Named in honor of Jean-Pierre Luminet (b. 1951), French researcher at the Paris Observatory. Luminet specializes in general relativity and its applications to cosmology and astrophysics. He was the first to “visualize” numerically accretion disks around black holes, and he discovered the phenomenon of “crèpe stellaire”, which causes the crushing of stars by the tidal forces of giant black holes. In cosmology, Luminet proposed a series of models of “univers chiffonnés”, in which complex topologies create ghost images. He is deeply involved in science outreach, both by publishing popular books and as a TV broadcaster. Name suggested and citation prepared by M. A. Barucci.Discovered 5 August 1991 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
(8190) Bouguer
Named in memory of the French scientist Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758), the founder of astronomical photometry. In 1720 he made some of the earliest measurements in astronomical photometry by comparing the apparent brightness of celestial objects to the light of a candle. In 1735 he followed de la Condamine to measure an arc of the meridian near the equator in Peru. During his stay he investigated the absorption of light in the atmosphere, which led to the formulation of “Bouguer's absorption law”.Discovered 20 July 1993 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(10139) Ronsard
Named in memory of Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585), the most important member of the group of poets known as “La Pléiade”. Much inspired by Greek and Roman poetry, following Horatius' example he composed the Odes (1550). He is most remembered for his Amours de Marie and the Sonnets pour Hélène. A reflection on the brevity of youth and beauty, his Mignonne, allons voir si la rose has been set to music half a dozen times since the sixteenth century.Discovered 19 September 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(11401) Pierralba
Pierre Albanese (b. 1992) showed a great interest in the sky, being able to recognize the major planets while he was only four years old. He made drawings inspired by the images obtained by his father, Caussols astronomer Dominique Albanese.Discovered 15 January 1999 by ODAS, Caussols
(11946) Bayle
French philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) wrote the Dictionnaire historique et critique. Because it deliberately tried to destroy orthodox Christian beliefs, he aroused the ire of many of his colleagues. In 1682 he published some reflections on the comet of 1680, deriding the superstition that comets presage catastrophes.Discovered 15 August 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(12007) Fermat
Pierre Fermat (1601-1665), a lawyer in Toulouse, is considered the greatest amateur mathematician of all time. He was the co-inventor of analytic geometry and the founder of modern number theory. He bequeathed to mathematics a conjecture---the so-called Fermat's last theorem---that was proved only in the 1990s.Discovered 11 October 1996 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(12042) Laques
Pierre Laques (b. 1934) started his career at the private observatory of the Chateau D´Abadia near Hendaye, moving to the Pic du Midi, where the 1-m telescope had just been built. He is one of the codiscoverers of the satellite Saturn XII (Helène).Discovered 17 March 1997 by , Ramonville-St-Agne 41031 Buil, C.
(12324) Van Rompaey
Pierre Van Rompaey (b. 1921) is a Belgian architect and an artist of surreal figurative paintings. His popular work is displayed in private collections at Antwerp.Discovered 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(12580) Antonini
Pierre Antonini is a retired mathematics professor who has discovered many minor planets and a supernova at his private observatory, using first a 16-cm telescope, now a 30-cm telescope.Discovered 8 September 1999 by , St. Michel sur Meu 41032 Bernasconi, L.
(13602) Pierreboulez
Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) is a French composer, conductor and pianist. As a child he showed a great aptitude for music and mathematics. He discovered the twelve-tone technique and wrote atonic music in a post-Weberian style.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(13674) Bourge
Pierre Bourge (b. 1921) founded what was later to become the Association Française d´Astronomie in 1945, and its magazine Ciel et Espace in 1972. An avid solar eclipse observer and telescope maker, he has been an inspiration to a generation of astronomers, amateur and professional.Discovered 30 June 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
(14832) Alechinsky
Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927) founded the expressionist movement “CoBrA”, a name linking the cities of Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. One of the leading artists in mid-century Europe, he is well known for his treatment of colors (“Walking Blue”), graphic humor and versatility in media and techniques.Discovered 27 August 1987 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(18100) Lebreton
Jean-Pierre Lebreton (b. 1949), of the ESA/ESTEC Space Science Department, is project scientist for the Huygens probe.Discovered 6 June 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(18113) Bibring
Jean-Pierre Bibring (b. 1948), of the Université de Paris Sud--Paris 11, has helped develop the French planetary science community. He has participated in a number of space missions, including Phobos, Mars Express and Rosetta.Discovered 5 July 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(19353) Pierrethierry
Pierre Thierry (b. 1950) has built equipment designed for making astronomical observations. He created the Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Électroniques in 1994.Discovered 10 March 1997 by , Ramonville-St-Agne 66725 Buil, C.
(20394) Fatou
Pierre Joseph Louis Fatou (1878-1929) was employed at the observatory of Paris all his working life, but his main interest was mathematics. He proved a fundamental theorem regarding Lebesgue integrals of sequences of functions.Discovered 28 June 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(20607) Vernazza
Pierre Vernazza (b. 1979) is a planetary scientist working at the European Space Agency's European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk. He studies spectroscopy of minor planets and young families of minor planets.Discovered 4 September 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(21785) Mechain
Pierre François André Méchain (1744-1804) discovered many comets and deep-sky objects. A colleague and friend of Messier, he contributed much to Messier's catalogue of nebulae. Much of Méchain's career involved geodetic measurements along the Paris meridian, with the idea of defining the meter.Discovered 21 September 1999 by M. Tichy, Klet
(28248) Barthelemy
Pierre Barthélémy (b. 1967) is a French scientific journalist working mainly for Le Monde, where he is responsible for the science blog, as well as covering chess. He lives in Cognac in the west of France.Discovered 19 January 1999 by ODAS, Caussols
(28809) Pierrebeck
Pierre Beck (b. 1980) is a French geologist working in planetary sciences. He is an expert in mineralogy and laboratory experiments. He has worked on both Mars and small bodies (comets, asteroids) and their connection with meteorites.Discovered 27 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(29187) Le Monnier
Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715–1799) was a French astronomer who, in 1736–1737, accompanied Maupertius and Clairaut on their expedition to Lapland. He introduced the use of the transit instrument at the Paris Observatory in 1741 and took into account the effects of nutation in the solar tables.Discovered 16 October 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(32890) Schwob
Pierre Schwob (b. 1946) is a software engineer whose eclectic interests bring together studies in cosmology and in comets. Dividing his interest between the Jarnac Comet Survey and the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, he also finds time for writings on classical music, pocket calculators and chess.Discovered 8 January 1994 by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H., Palomar
(33487) Jeanpierrerivet
Jean-Pierre Rivet (b. 1964) is a French astronomer at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur. He serves as the cornerstone of the twin 1-m telescopes of Calern observatory, which have hosted many successful programs such as the Calern Asteroid Polarisation Survey.Discovered 10 April 1999 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(33746) Sombart
Jean-Pierre Sombart constructed the 0.4-m Newtonian-Cassegrain telescope at the Pises Observatory and also took an active part in using it to observe minor planets.Discovered 17 July 1999 by Pises, Pises
(44001) Jonquet
Pierre Jonquet has observed occultations for the European Asteroidal Occultation Network for more than 20 years. He is also a founder member of the Société Astronomique de Montpellier.Discovered 6 September 1997 by Pises, Pises
(46731) Prieurblanc
Pierre Prieur-Blanc (1921–2002) was one of the three people involved in the construction of the Paris Observatory's coronagraphic station on Pic de Chateau-Renard at Saint-Véran in the Hautes-Alpes.Discovered 4 October 1997 by Demeautis, C., Buttani, P., Hottviller
(52873) Grootaerd
Jean-Pierre Grootaerd (b. 1956) is a Belgian amateur astronomer who volunteers at Ghent University and the Public Observatory Armand Pien. His efforts have made astronomy significantly more inclusive. Through his project “Stars Shine for Everyone”, telescope donations across the world have opened up the night skies for hundreds of thousands of people.Discovered 22 September 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(59068) Pierrebourget
Pierre Bourget (b. 1967) is a French research engineer at the European Southern Observatory, and is an expert in optical interferometry and coronography. He studied at ENS Cachan and then at the Paris Observatory. Pierre worked previously at Brazil's National Observatory on the observation of small bodies in the solar system.Discovered 9 November 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(65696) Pierrehenry
Pierre Henry Senegas-Lowe (b. 1989) is a son of the discoverer.Discovered 6 October 1991 by A. Lowe, Palomar
(72876) Vauriot
Pierre Vauriot (1926-1984) was a professor of mathematics, an observer of variable stars and a popularizer of astronomy in the region Languedoc Roussillon. He was cofounder of the Astronomical Society of Montpellier and a correspondent of the Astronomical Society of France.Discovered 20 May 2001 by Pises, Pises
(90732) Opdebeeck
Pierre Opdebeeck (b. 1928), a philanthropist, was a financial adviser to Belgian industry for many years. After his retirement he started his study of 18th century French Enlightenment.Discovered 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
(91607) Delaboudiniere
Jean-Pierre Delaboudinière (b. 1940), French astronomer, is a pioneer of the exploration of the solar UV resonance spectroscopy of Helium, and the Principal Investigator of the solar EUV imaging spectroscopy experiments on the CNES D2B and the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory missions.Discovered 5 October 1999 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott
(97509) Pierrehaenecour
Pierre Haenecour (b. 1987) is a Belgian cosmochemist and planetary scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, specializing in the study of presolar grains (stardust) and organics in primitive astromaterials. He is a member of the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team and the Quick Look team, which was the first to examine the sample.Discovered 7 February 2000 by CSS, Catalina
(135268) Haignere
Claudie (b. 1957) and Jean-Pierre Haigneré (b. 1948) are both members of the European Space Agency corps of astronauts. Claudie flew aboard the MIR station in 1996 and the ISS in 2001. Jean-Pierre flew aboard MIR in 1993 and 1999. Claudie was born in Le Creusot, where this minor planet was discovered.Discovered 20 September 2001 by J.-C. Merlin, Le Creusot
(142014) Neirinck
French-born Pierre Neirinck (b. 1926) headed the Satellite Orbits Group at Appleton Laboratory in the U.K. during the 1970s. Now retired, he still coordinates the international amateur satellite observations. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.Discovered 8 August 2002 by NEAT, Palomar
(175736) Pierrelena
Pierre Léna (b. 1937) is a French astrophysicist, academician and university professor who is active in youth-science education. He explored the infrared sky and contributed to the European VLT with adaptive optics and optical interferometry. A supersonic aircraft at the 1973 solar eclipse gave him (and others) 74 minutes of totality.Discovered 21 April 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
(204702) Pequignat
Pierre Péquignat (1669-1740) is one of the most popular heroes for people living in Jura Switzerland. This farmer from Courgenay fought against arbitrary decisions made by the powerful Prince Bishop of Basel and did his best to preserve local rights and freedom. He was sentenced to death and beheaded in Porrentruy.Discovered 19 March 2006 by M. Ory, Vicques
(293366) Roux
Pierre Paul Emile Roux (1853-1933) was a French bacteriologist. He was the closest collaborator of Louis Pasteur.Discovered 9 March 2007 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
(340479) Broca
Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe of the hominid brain that has been named after him.Discovered 28 April 2006 by B. Christophe, Saint-Sulpice
(375176) Beziau
Born near Angers (Maine-et-Loire, France), Pierre Béziau (1861-1947) was a self-taught enthusiast of astronomy. In 1904, convinced that the orbital movements of the Earth were at the origin of climatic variations, he built an ingenious orrery which illustrated his ideas.Discovered 28 February 2008 by J.-C. Merlin, Nogales
(715542) Tafforin
Jean-Pierre Tafforin (1957–2001) was a French amateur astronomer. He conducted many observational training sessions for amateur astronomers. Jean-Pierre was one of the co-authors of Le Guide de l'Observateur, a guide for astronomical observers.Discovered 15 October 2015 by M. Ory, Oukaimeden
(727524) Pierrepaquette
Pierre Paquette (b. 1973) is a Canadian graphic designer and amateur astronomer. He served as a board member of RASC Montreal French Centre, editor of the Astronomie-Québec journal, and a presenter at the Night-Sky Odyssey augmented reality planetarium in Québec. Pierre has given multiple talks and workshops, and translated Ptolemy’s Almagest into French.Discovered 14 November 2009 by EURONEAR, La Palma