The Collège de France has just opened a new chair, called "Planetary formation: from Earth to exoplanets". It was entrusted to the Italian astronomer and modeller Alessandro Morbidelli, former CNRS research director at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur and main founder of what is now known worldwide as the "Nice model". It describes how our solar system was formed and how to explain its current and astonishing architecture. His inaugural lecture will take place on January 25.
LE FIGARO.- What does this chair at the Collège de France mean to you?
Alessandro MORBIDELLI. - It's a source of great pride. On a personal level, it is the culmination of an academic career, the highest point imaginable. You are co-opted by 50 teachers from all walks of life, which is obviously a great pleasure. But it is also the recognition of a discipline, in this case planetology, which has made a giant leap...
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