Eric Walter Elst is a Belgian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, with over 3,000 discovered so far (just 85 of these having been co-discovered).
Notable discoveries include the Apollo asteroid 4486 Mithra, the asteroid/comet 7968 Elst-Pizarro (133P/Elst-Pizarro), the asteroid 8191 Mersenne (1993 OX9), and more than 25 Trojan asteroids.
The asteroid 3936 Elst was named in his honour.
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