Claudine Rinner
| Claudine Rinner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Residence | Ottmarsheim |
| Nationality | France |
| Known for | astronomy |
Claudine Rinner (born 1965) is a French amateur astronomer who has given her name to a minor planet and was awarded the Edgar Wilson Award award for discovering three comets.
Life
The orbit path of P/2011 W2 (Rinner)
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Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) Magnitude 17.5 by Charles Bell in 2011
Rinner lives at Ottmarsheim in Alsace in France. She is an amateur astronomer who had a minor planet Rinner named after her in 1999. The minor planet was discovered on 9 September 1999 by L.Bernasconi.[1]
She discovered three comets using a 0.5 metre robotic telescope located in Morocco. She won the 2013 Edgar Wilson Award for discovering three comets which were numbered P/2011 W2 (Rinner), C/2012 CH17, and P/2013 CE31M.[2] There were seven awards that year and they shared $42,000 between them.[3]
Discoveries
| Asteroids discovered: 56 | |
|---|---|
| 200020 Cadi Ayyad | July 14, 2007 |
| 214485 Dupouy | October 26, 2005 |
| (221175) 2005 UR7 | October 26, 2005 |
| (227337) 2005 UH8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (227749) 2006 HG58 | April 21, 2006 |
| (229441) 2005 UJ8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (229504) 2005 WA4 | November 23, 2005 |
| (236492) 2006 GG3 | April 7, 2006 |
| (245552) 2005 UF8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (255072) 2005 UP8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (261214) 2005 UO7 | October 26, 2005 |
| (262587) 2006 VD95 | November 15, 2006 |
| (277936) 2006 OO | July 18, 2006 |
| (280813) 2005 UQ7 | October 26, 2005 |
| (280879) 2005 WB4 | November 23, 2005 |
| (281069) 2006 OO10 | July 25, 2006 |
| (290773) 2005 VL3 | November 6, 2005 |
| (290774) 2005 VM4 | November 6, 2005 |
| (295790) 2008 UP255 | September 6, 2004 |
| (308507) 2005 US7 | October 26, 2005 |
| (309208) 2007 HZ14 | April 22, 2007 |
| (311402) 2005 UU7 | October 26, 2005 |
| (318903) 2005 UQ8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (354758) 2005 UB8 | October 26, 2005 |
| 355022 Triman | August 31, 2006 |
| (355029) 2006 RH | September 1, 2006 |
| (358482) 2007 RL[1] | September 1, 2007 |
| (360008) 2012 YR[1] | September 12, 2007 |
| (363952) 2005 UE8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (367066) 2006 OP10 | July 25, 2006 |
| (371386) 2006 RE | September 1, 2006 |
| (371568) 2006 VC95 | November 15, 2006 |
| (376516) 2012 LH8[1] | August 9, 2007 |
| (391057) 2005 UWH7 | October 26, 2005 |
| (397027) 2005 UM8 | October 27, 2005 |
| (417130) 2005 VO4 | November 7, 2005 |
| (440793) 2006 OK10 | July 25, 2006 |
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References
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (10 June 2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1075. ISBN 978-3-642-29718-2.
- ↑ 2013 Comet Awards, Harvard, Retrieved 3 November 2015
- ↑ Amateur Comet Hunters get 2013 award, Kelly Beatty, 15 May 2016, SkyAndTelecope.com, Retrieved 3 November 2015
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