Patrick Michel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Patrick Michel
Occupation	Planetary Scientist
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1970(1970-02-25)
Age	54
Birthplace	Saint-Tropez
Country	France
Birth City	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Horoscope	Aquarius

Patrick Michel Biography

Patrick Michel is one of the most popular and richest Planetary Scientist who was born on February 25, 1970 in Saint-Tropez, Provence- Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Patrick Michel (born 25 February 1970 in Saint- Tropez, France) is a French scientist of the planets Principal Researcher in CNRS (Centre National of Scientific Research) as well as the director in the group TOP (Theories and Studies of the field of Planetology) from the Lagrange Laboratory at the Cote d’Azur Observatory located in Nice (France).

Michel is actively involved in a variety of space-related missions and projects that are focused on the research of small bodies as well as hazards from asteroid collisions. Michel is the leader of the European science team for AIDA, the AIDA Space Mission technology demonstration in collaboration with ESA and NASA that aims at deflecting this secondary of near-Earth binary Dydimos asteroid by through a kinetic hitor. AIDA will be entering Phase A of the study with ESA along with NASA beginning in the month of February. AIDA is a co-I for the JAXA Hayabusa2 and NASA OSIRIS REx sampling return missions to a distant asteroid that is primitive. Hayabusa2 was successfully launched on the 3rd of December, 2014 and OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in September of 2016. He was a co-chairman of the science study team for the MarcoPolo-R sample return mission in the phase of assessment (2011-2013) within the European Space Agency (ESA). He is a member of the Near-Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel (NEOMAP) appointed by ESA to suggest space missions that are geared towards greater understanding of the threat posed by impacts. He is also the head of working on the Work Package on numerical simulations of collisions as well as asteroid deflection through a kinetic impactor, which is part of the European consortium NEOShield, which is funded with the FP7 program of the European Commission (2012-2015).

He is involved in a variety of international organizations and is part of the Science Program Committee of CNES (French space agency). He was elected Secretary of Division 3 (Planetary Science) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) between 2009 and 2012. He is also a member of the Action Team 14 (AT4) of the COPUOS at the United Nations aimed at recommending actions and an international body to address the threat of asteroid impacts and for the Steering Committee of the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) which was recommended by AT14.

Patrick Michel Net Worth

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

Michel started his postgraduate studies with a master’s degree from Aeronautical Engineering and Space Techniques in 1993, and then he shifted to studying asteroids. He earned his PhD in 1997 with the thesis entitled “Dynamical evolution of Near-Earth Asteroids”. He is a specialist in the physical properties as well as the dynamic and collisional development of asteroids. His research is focused on collisional interactions between asteroids the formation of near-Earth objects and in particular, binary asteroids’ physical characteristics as well as their response to different processes (impacts and tidal encounters shaking) in relation to their surface and internal properties, and the potential of collisions with Earth. His findings have resulted in over 70 papers in international refereed journals and have been included on the covers of both Science as well as Nature.

In 2006, he was awarded his “Young Researcher” prize from the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was awarded the prize in 2012. received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society, and in 2013 he was presented with the International Prize Paolo Farinella in Planetary Science to recognize his research in the field of collisions. He is actively involved in public relations and is regularly approached by media outlets to be a part of French television shows, radio interviews, and also to help write papers published in popular journals about issues related to small-sized dangers of celestial bodies space missions, planetary formation.

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Patrick Ranked on the list of most popular Planetary Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Patrick Michel celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.