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KARIM BENABED (1974-2025)

Photography of Karim Benabed, together with Francis Bernardeau, taken at IAP on June 8, 2019, during the Astronomy Night, that he organised to celebrate CNRS' 80th birthday. (© Jean Mouette) Photography of Karim Benabed, together with Francis Bernardeau, taken at IAP on June 8, 2019, during the Astronomy Night, that he organised to celebrate CNRS' 80th birthday.
Credit: Jean Mouette

Karim Benabed, born in 1974, died in Paris on December 3, 2025, in a traffic accident, aged 51. He was an Astronomer at IAP.

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December 2025

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