Jean-Luc Margot is an astronomer and an Assistant Professor at Cornell University. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena He is originally from Belgium. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those He specializes in planetary sciences. Planetary science, also known as planetology and closely related to planetary astronomy, is the Science of Planets or Planetary systems He was awarded the H. C. Urey Prize by the American Astronomical Society in 2004. The Harold C Urey Prize is awarded annually by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society (AAS sometimes pronounced "double-A-S" is a US society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals The asteroid 9531 Jean-Luc is named after him. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but is a Main belt Asteroid with an Orbital period of 12200360832 Days (3