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Eric Walter Elst

Eric Walter Elst
Born30 November 1936 Edit this on Wikidata
Kapellenbos, Mortsel Edit this on Wikidata
Died2 January 2022 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 85)
Antwerp Edit this on Wikidata
Occupation
Websitehttp://www.angelfire.com/id/ericelst Edit this on Wikidata
Academic career
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Minor planets discovered: 3868 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Eric Walter Elst (30 November 1936 – 2 January 2022) was a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. The Minor Planet Center ranks him among the top 10 discoverers of minor planets with thousands of discoveries made at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile and at the Rozhen Observatory in Bulgaria during 1986–2009.[1]

The minor planet 3936 Elst, a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, roughly 6 kilometers in diameter, was named in his honour.[2][3]

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