Talk:Eric Walter Elst

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Jason Crease (January 2, 2016). "Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis". Medium. Retrieved January 8, 2017. The longest biography on Wikipedia is of Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst. It tediously lists thousands of asteroids that he discovered, but has few revisions.

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Why did Eric Walter Elst name the asteroid he discovered after the polish composer Chopin? thanks, karyn e-mail me please at keyszounds@yahoo.com

He discovered a very large number of asteroids, so he probably just picked names he liked. -- Curps 19:06, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)