Richard M. West

Richard M. West

Richard Martin West (* 1941 in Dänemark) ist ein dänischer Astronom der am European Southern Observatory (ESO) tätig ist.

West entdeckte zahlreiche Kometen, darunter den spektakulären Kometen Komet West (C/1975 V1) und die periodischen Kometen 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura und 123P/West-Hartley.

Er entdeckte ferner zahlreiche Asteroiden, darunter die Trojaner 2146 Stentor, 2148 Epeios und (20995) 1985 VY. West ist Mitentdecker (zusammen mit Hans-Emil Schuster) der Phoenix Zwerggalaxie.

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