Audrey C. Delsanti

Audrey Delsanti (French: [odʁɛ dɛlsɑ̃ti]; born 27 August 1976) is a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Minor planets discovered: 2 ^[1]

(40314) 1999 KR16	16 May 1999	MPC [A]
(123509) 2000 WK183	26 November 2000	MPC [A][B]
A with O. R. Hainaut B with C. E. Delahodde

The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of two numbered minor planets,^[1] but erroneously gives the credit to "A. Dalsanti" for the trans-Neptunian object (40314) 1999 KR16, which she co-discovered in 1999.

In 2004 she was awarded a NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship in astrobiology at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

• Audrey Delsanti – Homepage