Asteroids named after people called Yannick
(59381) Yannickmellier
Yannick Mellier (1958–2025) was a French astrophysicist who pioneered work in gravitational lensing and cosmic shear. He contributed to the discovery of the first giant gravitational lens in the galaxy cluster Abell 370 and advanced dark-matter mapping via weak lensing.Discovered 16 March 1999 by ODAS, Caussols