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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.

Only a few unusual ones are listed here
Asteroids discovered: nearly 3000 (as of April 2004)
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

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