Tjeerd Sicco van Albada (born 14 October 1936) is a Dutch

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either o ...

and emeritus professor of Astronomy at the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. Founded in 1614, the university is the ...

Career

Van Albada was born on 14 October 1936 in Akkrum. He obtained his PhD in mathematics and natural sciences from the

in 1968. He was lecturer of astronomy at the same university between 1971 and 1979. In 1980 he became professor of Astronomy, and worked at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute. He took up

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status in 2001. Van Albada became a member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 1984.

Honors

On 5 July 2001, the central main-belt asteroid

10435 Tjeerd 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, was named after him ().

References

External links

Profile on Mathematics Genealogy Project

Profile on NARCIS
1936 births Living people 20th-century Dutch astronomers Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Heerenveen University of Groningen alumni Academic staff of the University of Groningen {{Netherlands-scientist-stub