37392 Yukiniall [2] | December 10, 2001 |
55543 Nemeghaire | December 8, 2001 |
91604 Clausmadsen [2] | October 14, 1999 |
94884 Takuya | December 14, 2001 |
(125547) 2001 XJ3 | 8 December 2001 |
(125688) 2001 XT88 | 13 December 2001 |
(125719) 2001 XQ105 | 14 December 2001 |
(200766) 2001 XY4 | 8 December 2001 |
(213424) 2001 XS88 | 13 December 2001 |
(258372) 2001 XH3 | 8 December 2001 |
(413126) 2001 XU88 | 14 December 2001 |
Henri M. J. Boffin is a Belgian astronomer from the European Southern Observatory, [3] credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 11 numbered minor planets between 1999 and 2001, some in collaboration with Thierry Pauwels. [1]
Henri Boffin received his PhD in 1993 from the Université libre de Bruxelles for his work on the formation of barium stars and has since gone on to work on a variety of problems in the study of binary stars. [4] Most recently, he has dedicated his time to the study of binary stars in planetary nebulae, including discovering the binary central star of Fleming 1, [5] and the use of optical interferometry to study mass-transfer. [6]
He is also extremely active in science communication, having been coordinator of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Gigagalaxy Zoom project, [7] as well as being interviewed about his work in a wide range of publications. [8]
Boffin named the main-belt asteroid 37392 Yukiniall after his two children, Yuki and Niall. [9] Naming citation was published on 24 July 2002 ( M.P.C. 46112). [10]