Alessandro Morbidelli (astronomer)

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Alessandro Morbidelli
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

Alessandro Morbidelli (born May 2, 1966)

Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in Nice.[1]

Morbidelli specialises in

planetary formation[1] and migration and the structure of the asteroid and Kuiper belts
.

In 2000, he received the Urey Prize from the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.

On 17 November 2015, Morbidelli was elected a foreign member of the French

Académie des Sciences
.

In 2018, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France.[2]

Publications

  • Jewitt D.
    , Morbidelli A., Rauer H., "Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets", Springer, 2008

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Alessandro Morbidelli". Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur. Archived from the original on 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  2. ^ "Prix Jules Janssen". Retrieved 13 August 2022.

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