Christian Pollas

Asteroids discovered: 26 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Christian Pollas (b. 1947) is a French astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and observer of Supernovae.^[2]

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 26 asteroids,^[1] some co-discovered with Eric W. Elst, including notably the three near-Earth asteroids (65679) 1989 UQ, 4179 Toutatis and 9950 ESA, which belong to the Aten, Apollo and Amor group of asteroids, respectively.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The main-belt asteroid 4892 Chrispollas is named in his honor.^[2]

List of discovered minor planets[]

4179 Toutatis	January 4, 1989
5164 Mullo	November 20, 1984
7296 Lamarck ^[1]	August 8, 1992
8009 Béguin	January 25, 1989
9950 ESA	November 8, 1990
14015 Senancour ^[1]	January 16, 1994
14016 Steller ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(16403) 1984 WJ₁	November 20, 1984
16674 Birkeland ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(17562) 1994 BG₄ ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(19241) 1994 BH₄ ^[1]	January 16, 1994
29311 Lesire ^[1]	January 16, 1994
30936 Basra ^[1]	January 16, 1994
30937 Bashkirtseff ^[1]	January 16, 1994

¹ co-discovery with E. W. Elst
30938 Montmartre ^[1]	January 16, 1994
30939 Samaritaine ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(32772) 1986 JL	May 11, 1986
(37644) 1994 BN₃ ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(42501) 1992 YC	December 17, 1992
(42521) 1994 BO₃ ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(43846) 1993 PV₈ ^[1]	August 15, 1993
(48564) 1994 BL₃ ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(52413) 1994 BF₄ ^[1]	January 16, 1994
(65679) 1989 UQ	October 26, 1989
(136745) 1995 WL₈	November 29, 1995
(173134) 1994 YP₂	December 27, 1994

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4892) Chrispollas". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4892) Chrispollas. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 422. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4784. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "65679 (1989 UQ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4179) Toutatis". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4179) Toutatis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 357–358. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4150. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(9950) Esa [2.44, 0.53, 14.6]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (9950) ESA, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 49. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_388. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[springer-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4892) Chrispollas". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4892) Chrispollas. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 422. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4784. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[MPC-65679-3] "65679 (1989 UQ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[springer-Toutatis-4] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4179) Toutatis". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4179) Toutatis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 357–358. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4150. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

[springer-ESA-5] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(9950) Esa [2.44, 0.53, 14.6]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (9950) ESA, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 49. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_388. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.

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