Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944) is a

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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

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the Solar System#Inner solar system, inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic o ...

s, including the

Trojan asteroid In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately 60° ahead of or behind the main body near one of its Lagrangian points and . Trojans can shar ...

(37732) 1996 TY₆₈. Asteroid

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, discovered February 11, 1983 by Edward L. G. Bowell of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS), was named in his honour.

List of discovered minor planets

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Uppsala University Directory: Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
accessed on 4 April 2014
IAU: Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
accessed on 4 April 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar * 1944 births 20th-century Swedish astronomers Discoverers of asteroids Uppsala University alumni Living people