Biography:Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

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Short description: Dutch astronomer (1921–2015)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
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Born
Ingrid Groeneveld

(1921-10-21)21 October 1921[1]
Berlin, Weimar Republic
Died30 March 2015(2015-03-30) (aged 93)
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forMinor planets
Spouse(s)Cornelis Johannes van Houten
ChildrenKarel van Houten
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsLeiden Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Minor planets discovered: 4644 [2]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɪŋɡrɪt fɑn ˈɦʌutə(ŋ) ˈɣrunəˌvɛlt];[3] 21 October 1921 – 30 March 2015) was a Dutch astronomer.

Background

In a jointly credited trio with Tom Gehrels and her husband Cornelis Johannes van Houten, she was the discoverer of many thousands of asteroids (credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 4,641 numbered minor planets).[2] 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.[4][5] Van Houten-Groeneveld died on 30 March 2015, at the age of 93, in Oegstgeest, Netherlands.[6]

The Themistian main-belt asteroid 1674 Groeneveld – discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg and independently discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä in 1938, was named in her honor (M.P.C. 2901).[7]

Publications

References

  1. Groeneveld, Ingrid (1957). "Mitteilungen, Nummers 9-16" (in de). Veroeffentlichungen der Badischen Landes-Sternwarte zu Heidelberg 14 (5): 75. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 May 2019. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. 
  3. In isolation, van and Houten are pronounced [vɑn] and [ˈɦʌutə(n)], respectively.
  4. "SETI Institute - Long-Lost, Dangerous Asteroid Is Found Again". Seti.org. 2007-10-04. http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=1164. 
  5. Saiber, Arielle (2005). Giordano Bruno and the geometry of ... - Google Books. ISBN 9780754633211. https://books.google.com/books?id=3AwiNeYULfwC&q=Ingrid+van+Houten-Groeneveld&pg=PA45. Retrieved 2010-12-03. 
  6. "Leidse sterrenkundige Ingrid van Houten overleden (21 oktober 1921-30 maart 2015)" (in nl). 2015. http://www.astronomie.nl/#!/actueel/nieuws/_detail/gli/eidse-sterrenkundige-ingrid-van-houten-overleden-2. 
  7. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1674) Groeneveld". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1674) Groeneveld. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 133. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1675. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 

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