Christian Léon Marchal

Background

Marchal, Christian Léon was born on April 15, 1939 in Beirut, Lebanon. Arrived in France, 1939. Son of Jacques N. and Jeanne M. (Lebrec) Marchal.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, B Engineering, Polytech., 1960. Postgraduate, Ecole des Mines, Paris, 1964. Doctor Mathematics University Paris 6, 1967.

Career

Research engineer, National Office for Aerospace Research, Chatillon, France, 1966-1968; science advisor, National Office for Aerospace Research, Chatillon, since 1970; science assistant, National Office for Aerospace Research, Chatillon, since 1973; research director, National Office for Aerospace Research, Chatillon, since 1989. Visiting professor U. Colorado, Boulder, 1968-1969, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974. Assistant professor Ecole Polytech, Palaiseau, France, 1977-1990.

Professor Observatory of Paris, 1980-1991.

Achievements

• Christian Léon Marchal has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace engineer, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Three-Body Problem

    (Recent research on the theory of perturbations, the analy...)

Membership

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Deutsche Geselllschaft Luft und Ramfahrt, International Academy Astronautics, International Aeronaut. Federation Homologation of Space Records (technical expert since 1994).

Interests

• Avocation: observational astronomy.

Connections

Married Francoise L. Giraud, September 12, 1961. Children: Jean-Louis, Dominique, Elisabeth, Patrick, Jean-Francois.

Father:

Jacques N. Marchal

Mother:

Jeanne M. (Lebrec) Marchal

Spouse:

Francoise L. Giraud

child:

Patrick Marchal

child:

Jean-Francois Marchal

child:

Dominique Marchal

child:

Jean-Louis Marchal

child:

Elisabeth Marchal