eric walter elst

Eric Walter Elst is a Belgian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with nearly 3000 discovered so far (with about 40 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.

a href="/encyclopedia/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">Asteroids discovered: nearly 3000 (as of April 2004) Only a few unusual ones are listed here
4486 Mithra	September 22, 1987	with V. Shkodrov	Apollo asteroid
7968 Elst-Pizarro	July 14, 1996	with G. Pizarro	also a comet
(15745) 1991 PM₅	August 3, 1991	Amor asteroid
(21088) 1992 BL₂	January 30, 1992	Amor asteroid
(5238)71993 OM₇	July 20, 1993	Amor asteroid

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