François Mignard

François Mignard (born the 23rd of July 1949) is a French astronomer and the former director of the CERGA Observatory of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in southern France. He is an expert in space astrometry and Solar System dynamics, and played major roles in the European Space Agency's Hipparcos and Gaia missions.

Training and Career After is study's at the Normal Superior School (French: l'École Normale Supérieur) and at the University of Paris, François Mignard joined the CERGA in 1974, then integrated the CNRS as an associate professor in 1975. The same year, he defended his post-graduate thesis on the movement of a satellite with high eccentricity.