Henri Debehogne [SEP] date of death
Henri Debehogne
Henri Debehogne (30 December 1928 – 9 December 2007) was a Belgian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.
Biography.
He was born at Maillen. Debehogne worked at the Royal Observatory of Belgium () in Uccle, and specialized in astrometry of comets and minor planets.
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of over 700 numbered minor planets, including the Trojan asteroids (6090) 1989 DJ and 65210 Stichius (the latter with Eric Walter Elst) and hundreds
Álvaro López-García
Álvaro López-García (born 1941) is a Spanish astronomer, professor of astronomy at University of Valencia and director of the Valencia University Observatory. He is a specialist in astrometry and the dynamics of minor planets, and has discovered numerous of these bodies since the early 1980s, in collaboration with astronomer Henri Debehogne.
Awards and honors.
The main-belt asteroid 4657 Lopez, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honor.
List of discovered minor planets.