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Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

Born
21 October 1921
Died
30 March 2015
Age
93 years
Resting places
Scientists & inventors Famous people, Netherlands Countries

Biography

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Berlijn, 21 oktober 1921 – Oegstgeest, 30 maart 2015) was een Nederlandse astronome.

Ingrid van Houten promoveerde in 1944 aan de Ruprecht-Karls-universiteit in Heidelberg op een proefschrift met de titel Lichtelektrische Beobachtungen ausgewählter veränderlicher Sterne.

In 1951 ontdekte zij komeet C/1951 G1 (Groeneveld).

Samen met haar man Kees van Houten en Tom Gehrels staat ze bekend als de ontdekker van 4000 tot 6000 nieuwe planetoïden in het zonnestelsel gedurende de jaren 50, 60 en 70. Geen enkele andere astronoom ter wereld heeft ooit eigenhandig zoveel planetoïden ontdekt. De Belgische sterrenkundige Eric W. Elst komt met 3.861 genummerde ontdekkingen per 5 januari 2015 nog het dichtst in de buurt.

Haar belangrijkste werk deed ze vanuit de Sterrewacht Leiden. Hier bestudeerde ze foto’s die Gehrels gemaakt had in het Palomar-observatorium in de hoop nieuwe planetoïden te ontdekken. Hierbij werd ook de komeet 271/P van Houten-Lemmon ontdekt.

De planetoïde 1674 Groeneveld is naar haar vernoemd.

Zij overleed in 2015 op 93-jarige leeftijd.

Familie

Een broer van van Houten-Groeneveld is de natuurkundige Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld.

Source: Wikipedia, available under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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