Asteroids named after people called Willem
👶 Willem as a baby name
Named in honor of Willem Jacob Luyten, emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Minnesota, well known for his investigations on stars with large proper motion.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Dutch physicist Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876-1956) specialized in cryogenics. In 1926 he became the first to solidify helium, and among his discoveries are He I and He II. In 1932 he achieved the temperature of -272° C, only one degree above absolute zero. The name was suggested by W. A. Fröger.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Jan-Willem Pel (b. 1943) is an astronomer at the University of Groningen. His main interest is photometry. He has also been project leader for a spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope. The citation was prepared by U. Schwarz.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company from 1633 until his death.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Bontekoe (1587-1646) was a captain in the Dutch East India Company. However, he is not known because of his successful trips to the East, but because of the publication of his diary in 1646, with the memorable descriptions of his travels to the East Indies.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem de Graaff (1923-2004) was a Dutch astronomical researcher at Utrecht University who unveiled the wonders of the universe to thousands of people in over 625 lectures in 42 years.Discovered 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Hendrik Gispen (b. 1943) is a well-known Dutch scientist in the field of neurosciences, and from 2001 to 2007 he was rector of Utrecht University. He contributed to establishing the Sonnenborgh museum and observatory as a place for communication and education in astronomy and meteorology.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Piso (1610-1678), doctor of medicine, together with Georg Marcgraf wrote the first book about the flora, fauna and the local customs of the Brazilians. Their book was and is an unique example of Brazilian society during the reign of the Dutch in Brazil.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Born in Leiden, Willem Johan Kolff (b. 1911) invented the first kidney dialysis machine while working in harsh conditions in Kampen during World War II. After the war he moved to the U.S. and in 1967 became professor of surgery at the University of Utah, working with his student Robert Jarvik on an artificial heart.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Albertus Fröger (b. 1962) is a Dutch amateur astronomer who lives in Argentina. He suggested names and prepared citations for more than 60 minor planets, one lunar crater and two craters on Mars.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Bilderdijk (1756-1831) was a Dutch poet and scholar who composed two didactic astronomical poems, Starrenkennis (1794) and De Starrenhemel (1807). These described the celestial sphere, the Milky Way and the constellations. The name was suggested by R. H. van Gent.Discovered 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Dutch author Willem Frederik Hermans (1921-1995) was considered one of the most important writers in the Netherlands in the postwar period. His oeuvre includes novels, short stories, plays, along with poetry and essays, as well as philosophical and scientific works. The name was suggested by F. Israel.Discovered 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Willem Vermandere (b. 1940), a Flemish singer of countryside songs, performs in the colorful West Flemish dialect “Westhoek”. Although barely understood by his fellow countrymen, he is esteemed for his critical views on society, the church and World War I. His song “Blance and his horse” is well known.Discovered 16 August 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Flemish painter Willem Dolphyn (b. 1935), son of painter Victor Dolphyn and grandson of writer Willem Elsschot, is living proof that artistic sensibility and talent can be passed from one generation to the next. He works in the still-life genre of painting that has been prevalent and respected in Flanders over the centuries.Discovered 18 November 1990 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
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