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Nationality
  
French

Name
  
Jean-Claude Merlin


Role
  
Astronomer

Fields
  
Astronomy

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Institutions
  
Societe Astronomique de Bourgogne

Notable awards
  
Laureat de la Fondation de la Vocation 1982, Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle 1999

Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (French: Société Astronomique de Bourgogne) and a discoverer of minor planets. He was laureate of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Fondation de la Vocation in 1982 and received the Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle of the Société astronomique de France in 1999.

The main-belt asteroid 57658 Nilrem, discovered by Michel Ory at the Jura Observatory in 2001, is named after him. Its naming citation was published on 6 March 2004 (M.P.C. 51190).

References

Jean-Claude Merlin Wikipedia


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