Hendrik van Gent
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Dutch astronomer
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- PhD Astronomy Leiden University
Why Is Hendrik van Gent Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hendrik van Gent was a Dutch astronomer. He moved to South Africa in 1928 in order to observe the southern sky at the Leiden Southern Station and the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. He obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 1931. He studied variable stars and also discovered three comets, namely C/1941 K1, C/1944 K2 and C/1943 W1. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 39 numbered minor planets during 1929–1935.
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