Charles P. de Saint-Aignan

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List of discovered asteroids : 12
(8371) Goven October 2, 1991
(8710) Hawley May 15, 1994
(12306) Pebronstein October 7, 1991
(12373) Lancearmstrong May 15, 1994
(12374) Rakhat May 15, 1994
(16553) 1991 TL 14 October 7, 1991
(20017) Alixcatherine October 2, 1991
(21083) 1991 TH 14 October 2, 1991
(39544) 1991 TN 14 October 7, 1991
(42493) 1991 TG 14 October 2, 1991
(58295) 1994 YY 9 May 15, 1994
(100048) 1991 TE 14 October 2, 1991

Charles P. de Saint-Aignan (* 1977 in Paris ) is a French -born American computer scientist , astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

He is a graduate of Brown University in Providence in the State of Rhode Iceland and employees at the Watson project of IBM .

During a collaboration with Edward LG Bowell from the Lowell Observatory , he discovered a total of twelve asteroids at the Palomar Observatory between 1991 and 1994 .

The asteroid (5995) Saint-Aignan was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
personal data
SURNAME Saint-Aignan, Charles P. de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer scientist, astronomer and asteroid explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris