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Patrice Jean Emmanuel Bouchet de Puyraimond | |
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Born | Brest, France | 28 March 1953
Known for | Neptune's rings Mid-Infrared Observations of Supernova SN 1987A The extinction law in the Small Magellanic Cloud |
Awards | Several "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 | |
Fields | astronomy astrophysics |
Institutions | ESO, NOAO/Aura, Inc, CEA-Saclay |
Doctoral advisor | Lodewijk Woltjer |
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]