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Eric Walter Elst

1936 - 2022

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Walter Elst is the 138th most popular astronomer (down from 122nd in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 171st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Eric Walter Elst ranks 138 out of 644. Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Victor Ambartsumian, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Wilhelm von Biela, Liisi Oterma, and Jean Chacornac. After him are Mary Somerville, Auguste Charlois, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, William Henry Pickering, George Darwin, and Oskar Backlund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Eric Walter Elst ranks 89. Before him are Bill Wyman, Kigeli V of Rwanda, François Pinault, James Mirrlees, Hiroshi Saeki, and J. Michael Bishop. After him are Héctor Elizondo, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Koji Sasaki, and Joe D'Amato. Among people deceased in 2022, Eric Walter Elst ranks 85. Before him are Ricardo Bofill, Bernard Cribbins, Fred Ward, Klaus Schulze, Cláudio Hummes, and Catherine Spaak. After him are Evaristo Carvalho, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Ruggero Deodato, Boris Pahor, Scott Hall, and Viktor Saneyev.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eric Walter Elst ranks 179 out of 1,190. Before him are Toots Thielemans (1922), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Gudula (646), Maerten de Vos (1532), and Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973). After him are Paul Otlet (1868), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Henri, Count of Paris (1933), and Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, Eric Walter Elst ranks 4. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), and Petrus Plancius (1552). After him are Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), George Van Biesbroeck (1880), and Marcel Minnaert (1893).

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