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Alessandro Morbidelli (astronomer)

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Citizenship
  
Italy

Name
  
Alessandro Morbidelli

Nationality
  
Italy

Role
  
Astronomer


Doctoral advisor
  
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Residence
  
France

Doctoral students
  
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Alma mater
  
Universite de Namur

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Institutions
  
CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

Known for
  
Theories on the early history of the Solar System

Fields
  
Planetary science, Astrophysics, Astronomy

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Alessandro Morbidelli (born May 2, 1966), is an Italian astronomer and planetary scientist currently employed by the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in Nice.

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Morbidelli specializes in solar system dynamics, especially planetary formation and migration and the structure of the asteroid and Kuiper belts.

In 2000, he received the Urey Prize from the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.

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Publications

  • Jewitt D., Morbidelli A., Rauer H., "Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets", Springer, 2008

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