Hendrik van Gent

discovered asteroids : 39

(1132) Hollandia	September 13, 1929
(1133) Lugduna	September 13, 1929
(1165) Imprinetta	April 24, 1930
(1225) Ariane	April 23, 1930
(1226) Golia	April 22, 1930
(1267) Geertruida	April 23, 1930
(1336) Zeelandia	September 9, 1934
(1337) Gerarda	September 9, 1934
(1342) Brabantia	February 13, 1935
(1353) Maartje	February 13, 1935
(1383) Limburgia	September 9, 1934
(1384) Kniertje	September 9, 1934
(1385) Gelria	May 24, 1935
(1389) Onnie	September 28, 1935
(1666) van Gent	July 22, 1930
(1667) Pels	September 16, 1930
(1670) Minnaert	September 9, 1934
(1686) De Sitter	September 28, 1935
(1689) Floris-Jan	September 16, 1930
(1693) Hertzsprung	May 5, 1935
(1694) Emperor	September 29, 1934
(1738) Oosterhoff	September 16, 1930
(1752) van Herk	July 22, 1930
(1753) Mieke	May 10, 1934
(1879) Broederstroom	October 16, 1935
(1914) Hartbeespoortdam	September 28, 1930
(1925) Franklin-Adams	September 9, 1934
(1945) Wesselink	July 22, 1930
(1946) Walraven	August 8, 1931
(1986) Plaut	September 28, 1935
(2019) van Albada	September 28, 1935
(2203) van Rhijn	September 28, 1935
(2378) Pannekoek	February 13, 1935
(2801) Huygens	September 28, 1935
(2831) Stevine	17th September 1930
(2945) Zanstra	September 28, 1935
(4296) van Woerkom	September 28, 1935
(4359) Berlage	September 28, 1935
(4511) Rembrandt	September 28, 1935

Hendrik van Gent ( 1900 - March 29, 1947 ) was a Dutch astronomer .

He lived and worked for a long time in Johannesburg , South Africa , in order to better explore the southern starry sky. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he discovered 39 asteroids there during his activity. Among them was the asteroid named after himself (1666) van Gent . In addition, he was (co-) discoverer of 3 comets , namely C / 1941 K1 (van Gent), C / 1943 W1 (van Gent-Peltier-Damaica) and C / 1944 K2 (van Gent).

He died of a heart attack relatively young .

literature

• JH Oort: In Memoriam Dr. H. van Gent , Hemel en Dampkring: Orgaan van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weeren Sterrenkunde , 45 (1947), 159-160.
• WH van den Bos: In Memoriam Dr. Hendrik van Gent , Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa , 6 (1947), 34-35. bibcode : 1947MNSSA ... 6 ... 34V

Web links

• Publications by H. van Gent in the Astrophysics Data System