Christian Pollas Explained

Asteroids discovered: 26 

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Christian Pollas (b. 1947) is a French astronomer, known for the discovery and observation of minor planets and supernovae.

Pollas is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 26 asteroids, some co-discovered with Eric W. Elst, including the near-Earth asteroids: (belonging to the Aten group of asteroids), 4179 Toutatis (belonging to the Apollo group of asteroids) and 9950 ESA (belonging to the Amor group of asteroids).

The main-belt asteroid 4892 Chrispollas is named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

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	January 4, 1989
	November 20, 1984
7296 Lamarck 	August 8, 1992
	January 25, 1989
	November 8, 1990
14015 Senancour 	January 16, 1994
14016 Steller 	January 16, 1994
	November 20, 1984
16674 Birkeland 	January 16, 1994
 	January 16, 1994
 	January 16, 1994
29311 Lesire 	January 16, 1994
30936 Basra 	January 16, 1994
30937 Bashkirtseff 	January 16, 1994

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30938 Montmartre 	January 16, 1994
30939 Samaritaine 	January 16, 1994
	May 11, 1986
 	January 16, 1994
	December 17, 1992
 	January 16, 1994
 	August 15, 1993
 	January 16, 1994
 	January 16, 1994
	October 26, 1989
	November 29, 1995
	December 27, 1994
co-discovery with E. W. Elst