Claudine Rinner
Claudine Rinner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | astronomy |
Claudine Rinner (born 1965) is a French amateur astronomer from Ottmarsheim in Alsace, France. She is an observer at Ottmarsheim Observatory (224 ) and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, who received the Edgar Wilson Award for her discoveries.[2] [3]
Career
[edit ]Participant in the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey (MOSS), Rinner discovered three comets using a 0.5-metre robotic telescope at Oukaïmeden Observatory located in Morocco. She won the 2013 Edgar Wilson Award for discovering three comets which were designated 373P/Rinner (P/2011 W2),[4] C/2012 CH17 (MOSS),[5] and 281P/MOSS (P/2013 CE31).[6] Rinner is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of more than 100 minor planets since 2004, including several co-discoveries with François Kugel (see list below).[1]
Awards and honors
[edit ]The asteroid 23999 Rinner, discovered by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi in 1999, was named in her honor.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 21 July 2005 (M.P.C. 54566).[7]
In 2020, she and Michel Ory jointly received the Dorothea Klumpke – Isaac Roberts prize from the Société astronomique de France.[8]
Discoveries
[edit ]List of discovered minor planets
[edit ]Some of Claudine Rinner's discoveries were made in collaboration with A François Kugel
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(23999) Rinner [2.42, 0.13, 1.2]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 186. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_2176. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
- ^ Kelly Beatty (15 May 2016). "Amateur Comet Hunters get 2013 award". SkyAndTelecope.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 373P/Rinner". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: C/2012 CH17 (MOSS)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ 2013 Comet Awards, Harvard, Retrieved 3 November 2015
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Les distinctions de la Société astronomique de France", Société astronomique de France, consulted on 6 December 2020.
External links
[edit ]- En bref : cocorico, enfin une comète française ! Archived 2016年08月09日 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Le projet MOSS (2011-2018), Michel Ory
- 21st-century French astronomers
- Amateur astronomers
- Discoveries by Claudine Rinner
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Discoverers of asteroids
- French women astronomers
- 20th-century French astronomers
- 20th-century French women scientists
- 21st-century French women scientists
- Women planetary scientists
- French planetary scientists