Alessandro Morbidelli (astronomer)

For the footballer of the same name, see Alessandro Morbidelli (footballer).

Alessandro Morbidelli (born May 2, 1966)^[1] is an Italian astronomer and planetary scientist who is currently employed by the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in Nice.^[1] Morbidelli specialises in Solar System dynamics,^[1] especially planetary formation^[1] and migration and the structure of the asteroid and Kuiper belts.

Alessandro Morbidelli
Born	May 2, 1966 Turin, Italy
Alma mater	University of Namur (FUNDP)
Known for	Theories on the early history of the Solar System
Awards	Urey Prize of the American Astronomical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Planetary science, astrophysics, astronomy
Institutions	CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

Awards

• 2000 Urey Prize from the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society^{[citation needed]}
• 2015 elected a foreign member of the French Académie des Sciences^{[citation needed]}
• 2018 Harold Jeffreys Lectureship of the Royal Astronomical Society^[2]
• 2018 Prix Jules Janssen from the Société astronomique de France.^[3]

Publications

• Jewitt D., Morbidelli A., Rauer H., "Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets", Springer, 2008