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Eric Walter Elst

1936 - 2022

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Eric Walter Elst (30 November 1936 – 2 January 2022) was a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Walter Elst has received more than 109,082 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Walter Elst is the 122nd most popular astronomer (down from 87th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 149th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Eric Walter Elst ranks 122 out of 644. Before him are Walter Sydney Adams, Heinrich Schwabe, Frank Drake, Ernst Öpik, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and Cleveland Abbe. After him are Ali Qushji, Hermann Goldschmidt, Maria Mitchell, Alphonse Borrelly, Tom Gehrels, and Annibale de Gasparis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Eric Walter Elst ranks 88. Before him are Anna German, Jill Ireland, Kenneth G. Wilson, Christine Nöstlinger, Petar Mladenov, and Omar Suleiman. After him are Samuel C. C. Ting, Leonel Sánchez, Jean M. Auel, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Héctor Elizondo, and Don DeLillo. Among people deceased in 2022, Eric Walter Elst ranks 79. Before him are Sidney Altman, Edward C. Prescott, Ruggero Deodato, Frank Drake, David Warner, and Wim Jansen. After him are Leonel Sánchez, Luis Echeverría, Peter Bogdanovich, Jürgen Grabowski, Ichirou Mizuki, and Fred Ward.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eric Walter Elst ranks 171 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Roelant Savery (1576), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Clara Peeters (1594). After him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Theodor de Bry (1528), Bernard van Orley (1487), Justus van Gent (1430), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), and André Franquin (1924).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, Eric Walter Elst ranks 4. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), and Petrus Plancius (1552). After him are Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), Marcel Minnaert (1893), and George Van Biesbroeck (1880).

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