Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (sitting, right)
Born Ingrid Groeneveld
(1921-10-21)21 October 1921[1]
Berlin, Weimar Republic
Died 30 March 2015(2015-03-30) (aged 93)
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Residence Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Fields Astronomy
Institutions Leiden Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Known for Minor planets
Spouse Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Children Karel van Houten

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɪŋɡrɪt fɑn ˈɦʌutəŋ ˈɣrunəˌvɛlt];[2] 21 October 1921 – 30 March 2015) was a Dutch astronomer.

In a jointly-credited trio with Tom Gehrels and her husband Cornelis Johannes van Houten, she was the discoverer of many thousands of asteroids. In the Palomar–Leiden survey, Gehrels took the images using the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory and shipped the photographic plates to the van Houtens at Leiden Observatory, who analyzed them for new asteroids. The trio are jointly credited with several thousand asteroid discoveries.[3][4] Van Houten-Groeneveld died on 30 March 2015, at the age of 93, in Oegstgeest, Netherlands.[5]

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References

  1. Mitteilungen, Nummers 9-16 (in German). Astronomische Gesellschaft (Germany). 1957. p. 75.
  2. In isolation, van and Houten are pronounced [vɑn] and [ˈɦʌutən], respectively.
  3. "SETI Institute - Long-Lost, Dangerous Asteroid Is Found Again". Seti.org. 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  4. Giordano Bruno and the geometry of ... - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  5. (Dutch) Leidse sterrenkundige Ingrid van Houten overleden (21 oktober 1921-30 maart 2015), Astronomie.nl, 2015. Retrieved on 31 March 2015.

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