Pierre Léna, born on 22 November 1937 in Paris, is a French astrophysicist.
He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
In 1973, Léna was one of the scientists aboard the
Concorde 001 during its flight in the shadow of a solar eclipse. Aboard, he conducted an experiment studying the
F-corona (dust particles left over from comets in the sun's
corona). Léna later published a book, ''Concorde 001 et l’ombre de la Lune'' (2015), about his experience with the flight.
Winner of
Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize
The Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize is a major European prize for Physics awarded jointly every year by the British Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Société Française de Physique (SFP). It is one of the four Grand Prix of the SFP and one of ...
in 1995.
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Living people
French astrophysicists
Scientists from Paris
1937 births
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