ERIC WALTER ELST

Asteroids discovered: 3490 (as of July 2006—only a few unusual ones are listed here)
4486 Mithra	September 22, 1987	Apollo asteroid
7968 Elst-Pizarro	July 14, 1996	also a comet
	August 3, 1991	Amor asteroid
	January 30, 1992	Amor asteroid
	July 20, 1993	Amor asteroid
# with Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov# with Guido Pizarro

'Eric Walter Elst' is a Belgian astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with over 3000 discovered so far (85 of these having a co-discoverer).
Notable discoveries include the Apollo asteroid 4486 Mithra, the asteroid/comet 7968 Elst-Pizarro (133P/Elst-Pizarro), and more than 25 Trojan asteroids.
The asteroid 3936 Elst was named in his honour.

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★ Eric Elst homepage