Jean-Claude Merlin

Jean -Claude Merlin ( born September 3, 1954) is a French computer scientist and amateur astronomer. He is the founder president of the Société astronomique de Bourgogne ( Astronomical Society of Burgundy ) and has been found from 1997 to 2009 a total of 51 asteroids and small planets. These include:

• ( 10233 ) Le Creusot
• ( 98494 ) Marsupilami
• ( 99262 ) Bleu Stone
• ( 110393 ) Rammstein
• ( 184878 ) Gotlib
• ( 227 767 ) Enkibilal
• ( 229631 ) Cluny
• ( 250840 ) Motörhead
• ( 260 508 ) Alagna
• ( 261690 ) Jodorowsky
• ( 262 876 ) David Lynch
• ( 266 854 ) Sezenaksu
• ( 348034 ) Deslorieux

The asteroid ( 57658 ) Nilrem was named after him.