Holger Pedersen (astronomer)

Holger Pedersen (born 3 November 1946) is a Danish astronomer[1] at the European Southern Observatory. He specialises in gamma-ray bursts,[2] meteorites[3] and minor planets.

Asteroids 9266 Holger and 3312 Pedersen are named after him.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977Msngr..11...15P
  2. ↑ http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/eso_gamma_001018.html
  3. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9807/08/metorite.dust/index.html
  4. ↑ http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9266+Holger