Claudine Rinner

Claudine Rinner (born 1965) is a French amateur astronomer at Ottmarsheim Observatory (224) and a discoverer of minor planets, who received the Edgar Wilson Award for discovering three comets.[2]

Claudine Rinner
Born1965
NationalityFrance
Known forastronomy
Minor planets discovered: 60 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Life

Rinner lives at Ottmarsheim in Alsace in France.

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 designated P/2011 W2 Rinner,[3] C/2012 CH17, and P/2013 CE31M.[4] There were seven awards that year and they shared $42,000 between them.[5]

Awards and honors

The asteroid 23999 Rinner, discovered by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi in 1999, was named in her honor.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 21 July 2005 (M.P.C. 54566).[6]

Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner): orbital diagram (left)[3] and image at magnitude 17.5 by Charles Bell in 2011 (right)

In 2020, she and Michel Ory jointly received the Dorothea Klumpke - Isaac Roberts prize from the Société astronomique de France.[7]


Discoveries

Claudine Rinner is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 59 minor planets between 2004 and 2007. Three of them were co-discoveries with François Kugel.[1]

List of discovered minor planets

Some of Claudine Rinner's discoveries were made in collaboration with A François Kugel

90533 Laurentblind28 March 2004list
120375 Kugel10 August 2005list
128627 Ottmarsheim6 September 2004list
133892 Benkhaldoun7 September 2004list
145566 Andreasphilipp25 July 2006list
152320 Lichtenknecker27 October 2005list
(152472) 2005 WZ323 November 2005list
157541 Wachter27 October 2005list
158913 Kreider9 September 2004list
164587 Taesch17 July 2007list
(168127) 2006 GC36 April 2006list
(175402) 2006 OL1025 July 2006list
(178014) 2006 RG1 September 2006list
184318 Fosanelli2 April 2005list
(185309) 2006 UN29127 October 2006list
196945 Guerin26 October 2003list
(197872) 2004 RK86 September 2004list
(198897) 2005 UZ726 October 2005list
(198973) 2005 VO36 November 2005list
(198974) 2005 VN46 November 2005list
(199633) 2006 GF37 April 2006list
200020 Cadi Ayyad14 July 2007list
214485 Dupouy26 October 2005list
(221175) 2005 UR726 October 2005list
(227337) 2005 UH827 October 2005list
(227749) 2006 HG5821 April 2006list
(229441) 2005 UJ827 October 2005list
(229504) 2005 WA423 November 2005list
(236492) 2006 GG37 April 2006list
(245552) 2005 UF827 October 2005list
(255072) 2005 UP827 October 2005list
(261214) 2005 UO726 October 2005list
(262587) 2006 VD9515 November 2006list
(277936) 2006 OO18 July 2006list
(280813) 2005 UQ726 October 2005list
(280879) 2005 WB423 November 2005list
(281069) 2006 OO1025 July 2006list
(290773) 2005 VL36 November 2005list
(290774) 2005 VM46 November 2005list
(295790) 2008 UP2556 September 2004list
(308507) 2005 US726 October 2005list
(309208) 2007 HZ1422 April 2007list
(311402) 2005 UU726 October 2005list
(318903) 2005 UQ827 October 2005list
(354758) 2005 UB826 October 2005list
355022 Triman31 August 2006list
355029 Herve1 September 2006list
(358482) 2007 RL1 September 2007list [A]
(360008) 2012 YR12 September 2007list [A]
(363952) 2005 UE827 October 2005list
(367066) 2006 OP1025 July 2006list
(371386) 2006 RE1 September 2006list
(371568) 2006 VC9515 November 2006list
(376516) 2012 LH89 August 2007list [A]
(391057) 2005 UW726 October 2005list
(397027) 2005 UM827 October 2005list
(417130) 2005 VO47 November 2005list
(440793) 2006 OK1025 July 2006list
(475017) 2005 UC826 October 2005list
(475781) 2006 XU110 December 2006list

See also

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(23999) Rinner [2.42, 0.13, 1.2]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (23999) Rinner, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 186. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_2176. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
  3. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: P/2011 W2 (Rinner)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. 2013 Comet Awards, Harvard, Retrieved 3 November 2015
  5. Kelly Beatty (15 May 2016). "Amateur Comet Hunters get 2013 award". SkyAndTelecope.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  7. “Les distinctions de la Société astronomique de France”, Société astronomique de France, consulted on 6 December 2020.
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