Hendrik van Gent

Hendrik van Gent (* 1900, † March 29, 1947 ) was a Dutch astronomer.

He lived and worked for a long time in Johannesburg, South Africa to explore the southern sky better. Late 20s and early 30s, he discovered there while working 39 asteroids. Among them was named after himself Asteroid ( 1666) van Gent. In addition, he was the (co - ) discoverer of 3 comets, namely C/1941 K1 ( van Gent), C/1943 W1 ( van Gent- Peltier Damaica ) and C/1944 K2 ( van Gent).

He died relatively young of a heart attack.

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