Alessandro Morbidelli (born May 2, 1966)[1] is an Italian astronomer and planetary scientist who is currently employed by the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in Nice.[1]

Alessandro Morbidelli
Born	May 2, 1966 Turin, Italy
Alma mater	University of Namur (FUNDP)
Known for	Theories on the early history of the Solar System
Awards	Urey Prize of the American Astronomical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Planetary science, astrophysics, astronomy
Institutions	CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

Morbidelli specialises in Solar System dynamics,[1] especially planetary formation[1] and migration and the structure of the asteroid and Kuiper belts.

In 2000, he received the Urey Prize from the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.

On 17 November 2015, Morbidelli was elected a foreign member of the French Académie des Sciences.

In 2018, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France.[2]

Publications

• Jewitt D., Morbidelli A., Rauer H., "Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets", Springer, 2008

References

External links

• Talk of Alessandro Morbidelli at the Origins 2011 congress

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