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Charles P. de Saint-Aignan (born 16 February 1977, Paris) is an American software engineer who works for IBM on the IBM Watson project. He graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), in 1995, followed by Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), in 1999.

In 1994, de Saint-Aignan worked for Ted Bowell at Lowell Observatory, where he discovered a number of asteroids. He named his first discovery, 8710 Hawley, after Walter N. Hawley, who was his high school physics and astronomy teacher.

The minor planet 5995 Saint-Aignan was named in de Saint-Aignan's honor on the occasion of his 20th birthday.

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5995) Saint-Aignan". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5995) Saint-Aignan. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 503. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5584. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. "Timeline of the St. Paul's Lenore and Walter Hawley Observatory". The Hawley Observatory. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(8710) Hawley". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (8710) Hawley. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 662. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_7165. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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