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Dimitri Pourbaix

May 22, 1969 - November 14, 2021

Dimitri Pourbaix was a kind, passionate and enthusiastic person. He was a senior FNRS research associate (Maître de recherches FNRS) at Université libre de Bruxelles. He maintained the 9th Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits (SB9) for the former IAU Commission 26. He has been president of the IAU Commission 30 (Radial Velocities). He was passionately involved in the Gaia space mission, particularly in connection to issues related to binary stars. He enjoyed sharing his passion with the public through lectures at ULB and astronomy camps in the Ardennes.

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2021-11-19 14:52:37 wrote:

I will miss you very much Dimitri. As a member of the DPAC Executive you always kept us honest by asking the tough and awkward questions, not being afraid to point out the holes in our reasoning. You understood as nobody else the art of having a tough argument, yet not letting that get in the way of enjoying a drink and good food together. The latter always went hand in hand with very entertaining discussions on whatever topic came up. On behalf of all DPAC colleagues my heartfelt condolences to Dimitri's family. We will not forget he fundamental contributions that Dimitri's work made and will continue to make to the success of Gaia and DPAC.

2021-11-19 14:52:37 wrote: I will miss you very much Dimitri. As a member of the DPAC Executive you always kept us honest by asking the tough and awkward questions, not being afraid to point out the holes in our reasoning. You understood as nobody else the art of having a tough argument, yet not letting that get in the way of enjoying a drink and good food together. The latter always went hand in hand with very entertaining discussions on whatever topic came up. On behalf of all DPAC colleagues my heartfelt condolences to Dimitri's family. We will not forget he fundamental contributions that Dimitri's work made and will continue to make to the success of Gaia and DPAC.

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