Patrice Bouchet


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Patrice Jean Emmanuel Bouchet de Puyraimond is a French astrophysicist best known for his discovery of the Rings of Neptune,[1] his infrared observations of supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud,[2] and the dust extinction law in the Small Magellanic Cloud.[3]

Patrice Jean Emmanuel Bouchet de Puyraimond

Bouchet in 2013

Born28 March 1953 (age 71)

Brest, France

Known forNeptune's rings
Mid-Infrared Observations of Supernova SN 1987A
The extinction law in the Small Magellanic Cloud
AwardsSeveral "Significant Achievement Award” from NASA and ESA; "RHG Exceptional Achievement for Engineering Team to ISIM Cryo Vacuum Test Team for the James Webb Space Telescope Integrated ScienceModule", Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
astrophysics
InstitutionsESO, NOAO/Aura, Inc, CEA-Saclay
Doctoral advisorLodewijk Woltjer
  1. ^ Manfroid, J.; Haefner, R.; Bouchet, P. (1986). "New evidence for a ring around Neptune". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 157 (1): L3. Bibcode:1986A&A...157L...3M.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Dwek, E.; Danziger, J.; Arendt, R.G.; De Buizer, I.J.; Park, S.; Suntzeff, N.B.; Kirschner, R.B; Challis, P. (2006). "SN 1987A after 18 Years: Mid-Infrared Gemini and Spitzer Observations of the Remnant". The Astrophysical Journal. 650 (1): 212–227. arXiv:astro-ph/0601495. Bibcode:2006ApJ...650..212B. doi:10.1086/505929.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P.; Lequeux, J.; Maurice, E.; Prévot, L.; Prévot-Burnichon, M.L. (1986). "The visible and infrared extinction law and the gas-to-dust ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 149 (2): 330. Bibcode:1985A&A...149..330B.