Asteroids named after people called Cornelis
馃懚 Cornelis as a baby name
Cornelis Zwaan (1928-1999), professor of astrophysics at Utrecht University, was a recognized authority on solar and stellar magnetism. Just before his death he finished a book (with C. J. Schrijver) on stellar magnetic fields. The name was suggested by C. de Jager.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Dutch physicist Cornelis B. Biezenzo (1888-1975) was known for his work in the field of applied mechanics and especially for the calculations he made to improve methods to test materials that are exposed to great internal and external pressure. The name was suggested by W. A. Fr枚ger.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Cornelis de Houtman (1565-1599) sailed south with four ships in 1595 to find a route to the East Indies. In 1597 he returned and thus proved that, for the Dutch, trading with the Orient was possible. His brother Fredrick de Houtman (1571-1627) outlined twelve new southern constellations.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Palomar
Cornelis Willem Schouten (1580-1625), together with Jacob Le Maire, discovered a passage from the south Atlantic to the Pacific. The Straits of Le Maire (Estrecho De Le Maire) is, with Staten Island (Isla de los Estados) and Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos), a reminder of their epic 1615-1616 voyage.Discovered 17 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Cornelis Kiliaan (ca. 1528-1607) was a Flemish linguist who made the first explanatory dictionary of the Flemish language Etymologicum teutonicae linguae, a work that took forty years of his life. It was printed in 1599 in Antwerp at the famous print-shop of Christoffel Plantin.Discovered 26 July 1998 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
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