Eric Walter Elst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eric Walter Elst

astronomer

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1936

Place of Birth: Mortsel, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: scientist, astronomer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Eric Walter Elst (born 1936) is a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids.
The Minor Planet Center ranks him among the top 10 discoverers of minor planets with thousands of discoveries made at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile and at the Rozhen Observatory in Bulgaria during 1986–2009.The minor planet 3936 Elst, a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, roughly 6 kilometers in diameter, was named in his honour.