Work : Prize 2000 (Benjamin Franklin Medal)
French astronomer and since 1991 has held the "Observational astrophysics" chair at the Collège de France. He is currently working on what he calls a "Hypertelescope", an extremely large astronomical interferometer with spherical geometry that might theoretically show features on Earth-like worlds around other suns. The main-belt asteroid 8788 Labeyrie (1978 VP2) is named in honor of Antoine Émile Henry Labeyrie and Catherine Labeyrie. He was awarded the The Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2000. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Born: Wed May 12 1943 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Birth Place: Paris, France
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