Pierre Léna
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BornPierre Jean Marie Léna 
22 November 1937
22 November 1937
OccupationAstrophysicist
Awards
- Officer of the Legion of Honor (2007)
- Commander of the National Order of Merit (2010)
- Prix Jules Janssen (1999)
- Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize (1995)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (2021)
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Pierre Léna, born on 22 November 1937 in Paris, is a French astrophysicist.[1][2] He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
In 1973, Léna was one of the scientists aboard the Concorde 001 during its flight in the shadow of a solar eclipse. Aboard, he conducted an experiment studying the F-corona (dust particles left over from comets in the sun's corona). Léna later published a book, Concorde 001 et l’ombre de la Lune (2015), about his experience with the flight.[3][4]
He was the winner of the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize in 1995, among other awards received.[5]
