Asteroids named after people called Koen
馃懚 Koen as a baby name
Koen Kuijken (b. 1963) is a Belgian-Dutch astronomer, specializing in galaxy dynamics, gravitational lensing and dark matter. From 2007 to 2012 he was scientific director of Leiden Observatory. Koen was principal investigator of the cosmological Kilo-Degree Survey, carried out with ESO鈥檚 VLT Survey Telescope.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Koen Miskotte (b. 1962) is a Dutch confectioner and amateur astronomer whose main interests lie in meteor astronomy. He is a very prolific meteor observer, active within the Dutch Meteor Society. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek.Discovered 17 August 2002 by NEAT, Palomar
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