Michel Ory

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michel Ory
Occupation	Astronomer
Date Of Birth	Apr 18, 1966(1966-04-18)
Age	58
Birthplace	Develier
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Canton of Jura
Horoscope	Aries

Michel Ory Biography

Michel Ory is one of the most popular and richest Astronomer who was born on April 18, 1966 in Develier, Canton of Jura, Switzerland. Michel Ory, born 18 April 1966, is an amateur astronomer from Switzerland. He was one of five recipients of the 2009 Edgar Wilson Award. His discovery of 304P/Ory, a periodic comet belonging to the Jupiter family, on 27 August 2008 using a 24-inch, f/3.9 reflector at Jura Observatory in Switzerland, was the result of his search. He was awarded a Gene Shoemaker-NEO Grant in 2018, which will help him improve the robotic survey that he conducts with Claudine Rinner at Oukaimeden Observatory, J43 ), in Morocco.

Ory was awarded the Edgar Wilson Award by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Harvard University. In 2008, a square in Viques was renamed Place de la Comete P/2008Q2 Ory to honour his discovery.

It was on the nights of 26–27 and 27–28 August 2008 that Ory discovered what he thought was a near-Earth asteroid, which he reported to the Minor Planet Center, Harvard. At around 8:08 p.m. on August 28 he received notification from the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) that the object was in fact a periodic comet: the announcement ran, “An apparently asteroidal object discovered by Michel Ory (Delemont, Switzerland, on CCD images obtained with a 0.61-m f/3.9 reflector at Vicques; discovery observation tabulated below), which was posted on the Minor Planet Center’s ‘NEOCP’ webpage, has been found by other CCD observers to be cometary.”

Michel Ory made many discoveries at different observatories sites between 2000 and 2010. The Minor Planet Center credits him with discovering 199 minor planets that he discovered between 2001 and 2010.

Michel Ory Net Worth

Michel Ory is one of the richest Astronomer from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michel Ory 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an avid amateur astronomer who joined the Jura Astronomical Society (in 1990) and was one of seven members-builders of Jura Astronomical Observatory (in 1993 to 1998).

Ory was born in Develier in the Delemont district in the canton Jura in Switzerland. After attending school in Delemont and the Porrentruy cantonal school, he studied at the University of Geneva where he graduated in physics in 1990. After completing his training as a scientific journalist at Cedos SA, Carouge in 1992, he was qualified as a teacher at the Institut pedagogique, Porrentruy in 1994. He then became a secondary school teacher and then a physics teacher at Porrentruy’s cantonal school. This position he still holds in 2012. Ory is married with two children.

The comet was named 304P/Ory (P/2008 Q2 Ory) after him, and the CBAT announcement brought congratulations from around the world. The comet orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit with a period of 5.96 years.

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Michel Ranked on the list of most popular Astronomer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Michel Ory celebrates birthday on April 18 of every year.