Eric Elst
Eric W. Elst is a Belgian astronomer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with nearly 3000 discovered so far (with about 40 of these having a co-discoverer).
Notable discoveries include the Apollo asteroid 4486 Mithra and the asteroid/comet 7968 Elst-Pizarro.
| 4486 Mithra | September 22 1987 | with V. Shkodrov | Apollo asteroid |
| 7968 Elst-Pizarro | July 14 1996 | G. Pizarro | also a comet |
| 15745 1991 PM5 | August 3 1991 | Amor asteroid | |
| 21088 1992 BL2 | January 30 1992 | Amor asteroid | |
| 52387 1993 OM7 | July 20 1993 | Amor asteroid |