Claudine Rinner (born 1965) is a French amateur astronomer from
Ottmarsheim
Ottmarsheim (; gsw-FR, Ottmersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the river Rhine and on the A36 autoroute, 14 km east of Mulhouse. Its octagonal parish church was the church of the forme ...
in
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
, France. She is an observer at
Ottmarsheim Observatory and a discoverer of
minor planet
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s and
comet
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s, who received the
Edgar Wilson Award
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for her discoveries.
Career
Participant in the
Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
(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
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The Edgar Wilson Award is an annual international award established in 1998 consisting of a monetary award and a plaque allocated annually to amateur comet discoverers. It is administered by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) ...
for discovering three comets which were designated
373P/Rinner (P/2011 W2),
(MOSS),
and
281P/MOSS (). Rinner is also credited by the
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
...
with the discovery of more than 100
minor planets
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since 2004, including several co-discoveries with
François Kugel ''(see list below)''.
Awards and honors
The asteroid
23999 Rinner, discovered by French amateur astronomer
Laurent Bernasconi
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numb ...
in 1999, was named in her honor.
The official was published by the
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
...
on 21 July 2005 ().
In 2020, she and
Michel Ory
Michel Ory (born 18 April 1966) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Biography
Ory was born in Develier, in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. He attended school in ...
jointly received the Dorothea Klumpke – Isaac Roberts prize from the
Société astronomique de France
The Société astronomique de France (SAF; ), the French astronomical society, is a non-profit association in the public interest organized under French law (Association loi de 1901). Founded by astronomer Camille Flammarion in 1887, its purpose ...
.
“Les distinctions de la Société astronomique de France”, Société astronomique de France, consulted on 6 December 2020.
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Discoveries
List of discovered minor planets
Some of Claudine Rinner's discoveries were made in collaboration with François Kugel
See also
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References
External links
En bref : cocorico, enfin une comète française !
Le projet MOSS (2011-2018)
Michel Ory
Michel Ory (born 18 April 1966) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Biography
Ory was born in Develier, in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. He attended school in ...
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21st-century French astronomers
Amateur astronomers
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1965 births
Living people
Discoverers of asteroids
Women astronomers
20th-century French astronomers
20th-century French women scientists
21st-century French women scientists
Women planetary scientists
Planetary scientists