Richard Martin West (born 1941) is a Danish astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
He discovered numerous comets, including the spectacular "Comet West" (C/1975 V1) and the periodic comets 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura and 123P/West-Hartley.
He also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroids 2146 Stentor, 2148 Epeios and (20995) 1985 VY.
He co-discovered (with Hans-Emil Schuster) the Phoenix Dwarf galaxy....
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Date of birth:
- 1941 (age 69 years)
