Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Cornelis Johannes van Houten | |
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| Born | 18 February 1920 |
| Died | 24 August 2002 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Other names | Kees van Houten |
| Spouse | Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Children | Karel van Houten |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Leiden Observatory Leiden University Palomar Observatory Yerkes Observatory |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten (18 February 1920 – 24 August 2002) was a
Dutch astronomer
, sometimes referred to as Kees van Houten.
Early life and education
Born in The Hague, he spent his entire career at Leiden University except for a brief period (1954–1956) as a research assistant at Yerkes Observatory.
Family
He married fellow astronomer Ingrid Groeneveld (who became Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld) and together they became interested in asteroids. They had one son, Karel.[citation needed]
Work as astronomer
In a jointly credited trio with
Trojan asteroid
(e.g. 55701 Ukalegon).
- Statistics of asteroids were scarcely known until the 1950s when C. J. and I. van Houten made them their lives' dedication in the Yerkes-McDonald Survey and the Palomar-Leiden surveys . The van Houtens did not just do most of the work, but they also took care of bias problems in an exemplary manner."[2]
He also studied the
eclipsing binaries
. The main-belt asteroid
1673 van Houten was named in his honor.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Schmidt, Bernhard (1879-1935)". Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ Tom Gehrels (1999) "Review of Comet and Asteroid Statistics", Earth, Planets and Space 51: 1155 to 1161
- ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
External links
- Obituary (in Dutch)
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