Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Swedish astronomer
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Place of Birth: Nässjö, Jönköping County, Sweden
About Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
- Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944) is a Swedish astronomer at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory.
- He is known for his work on the shapes and spin properties of minor planets.He has discovered three comets, P/1996 R2, C/1996 R3 and 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty. He has also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroid (37732) 1996 TY68.
- Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist, discovered February 11, 1983 by Edward L.
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- Bowell of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS), was named in his honour.
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