Holger Pedersen (born 3 November 1946), Emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute[1] is a Danish astronomer[2] at the European Southern Observatory. He specialises in gamma-ray bursts,[3] meteorites[4] and minor planets.
Asteroids 9266 Holger and 3312 Pedersen are named after him.[5]
- ^ "International Astronomical Union". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ Pedersen, H. (1977). "Accurate Spectrophotometry of Early-type Spectrum Variable Stars". The Messenger. 11. adsabs.harvard.edu: 15. Bibcode:1977Msngr..11...15P.
- ^ "A gamma-ray burst detected earlier this year is the most distant burst ever detected". www.space.com. Archived from the original on 2000-10-27.
- ^ "CNN - Impact zone of giant meteorite confirmed - July 7, 1998". cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
- ^ Alan Chamberlin. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-15.