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Patrice Bouchet

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Nationality
  
French

Fields
  
Astronomy, Astrophysics

Doctoral advisor
  
Lodewijk Woltjer

Academic advisor
  
Lodewijk Woltjer

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Born
  
28 March 1953 (age 63) Brest (
1953-03-28
)

Institutions
  
ESO, NOAO/Aura, Inc, CEA-Saclay

Known for
  
Neptune's rings Mid-Infrared Observations of Supernova SN 1987A The extinction law in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Influences
  
Observatory Bouchet du Puyraimond IAU MP4313, in Cuenca de Los Andes (Ecuador) Minor Planet MP4313 named Bouchet

Notable awards
  
Several "Significant Achievement Award” from NASA and ESA

Patrice Jean Emmanuel Bouchet de Puyraimond is a French astrophysicist best known for his discovery of the Rings of Neptune, his infrared observations of supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the dust extinction in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

References

Patrice Bouchet Wikipedia