Huygens

Huygens is the family name of:

Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch physicist, astronomer and mathematician
Christiaan Bangeman Huygens (1772–1857), Dutch nobleman and diplomat
Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687), Dutch diplomat and poet, father of Christiaan Huygens
Constantijn Huygens Junior (1628-1697), Dutch statesman
Constantijn Huygens III. , Dutch landscape painter
Cornélie Huygens (1848–1902), Dutch women's rights activist, author and social democrat

Huygens also refers to:

an elementary principle of wave theory, see Huygens principle
the European landing module of the Cassini-Huygens space probe (1997–2005) on Saturn's moon Titan
an asteroid, see (2801) Huygens
a mountain on the earth's moon, see Mons Huygens
one of the first eyepiece types, see Huygens eyepiece
a unit of measurement used in the Karlsruhe physics course for the momentum, see Karlsruhe physics course # content
Huygens (supercomputer) , Dutch supercomputer

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