| Jean-Claude Merlin | |
| Birth Date: | 1954 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Fields: | Astronomy |
| Workplaces: | Société Astronomique de Bourgogne |
| Awards: | Lauréat de la Fondation de la Vocation 1982, Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle 1999 |
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Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (French: Société Astronomique de Bourgogne) and a discoverer of minor planets. He was laureate of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Fondation de la Vocation in 1982 and received the Prix Georges Bidault de l'Isle of the Société astronomique de France in 1999.
The main-belt asteroid 57658 Nilrem, discovered by Michel Ory at the Jura Observatory in 2001, is named after him. Its naming citation was published on 6 March 2004 .
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