Alain Klotz

Discovered asteroid : 7
Number and name	Discovery date
(19629) Serra	September 8, 1999
(28396) Eymann	September 13, 1999
(29437) Marchais	June 7, 1997
(33027) Brouillac	August 23, 1997
(73883) Asteraude	February 16, 1997
(90918) Jasinski	2nd August 1997
(90944) Pujol	October 25, 1997

Alain Klotz (* 1947 ) is a French astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

Between 1997 and 1999 he discovered a total of seven asteroids at the observatories in Guitalens and Castres .

In addition, together with Raoul Behrend , Laurent Bernasconi and Russell I. Durkee, by observing the light curve , he discovered that the asteroids (854) Frostia , (1089) Tama , (1313) Berna and (4492) Debussy have satellites.

The asteroid (10222) Klotz was named after him on May 23, 2000.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
2. ↑ Article with the publication of the discovery of the satellite: Four new binary Minor Planets ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)