Piet Hut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Piet Hut

Dutch astronomer

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1952

Place of Birth: Utrecht, Netherlands

Profession: astronomer, astrophysicist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Piet Hut (born September 26, 1952) is a Dutch-American astrophysicist, who divides his time between research in computer simulations of dense stellar systems and broadly interdisciplinary collaborations, ranging from other fields in natural science to computer science, cognitive psychology and philosophy. He is currently the Head of the Program in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Asteroid 17031 Piethut is named after him, in honor of his work in planetary dynamics and for co-founding the B612 Foundation, which focuses on prevention of asteroid impacts on Earth.