Michèle Moons (1951-1998) was a Belgian scientist, leading researches on Celestial Mechanics for the department of mathematics of Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix in Namur (Belgium). She developed an analytical theory of the liberation of the moon in the early 1980s, that is widely used by several centers analyzing the moon's motion. She has also worked on the effects of resonant motion in the minor planet belt. For nearly ten years, she was assistant editor of the journal '' Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy''. Her name has been given to the main-belt asteroid 7805 Moons, discovered in 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten,

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (; 21 October 1921 – 30 March 2015) was a Dutch astronomer. Background In a jointly credited trio with Tom Gehrels and her husband Cornelis Johannes van Houten, she was the discoverer of many thousands of aster ...

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Tom Gehrels Anton M.J. "Tom" Gehrels (February 21, 1925 – July 11, 2011) was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Biography Youth and education Gehrels was born at Haa ...

Palomar Observatory Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Research time at the observat ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moons, Michele 1951 births Living people Belgian mathematicians Belgian women scientists