Asteroids named after people called Martien
(12650) de Vries
Martien de Vries (b. 1932) is a Dutch astronomer who was part of a small group who developed the first Dutch 1-m telescope on La Silla. His main area of focus was the development and adjustment of the photometer, which he himself used for infrared star measurements.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar