Seppo Mikkola (born 1947) is a Finnish astronomer. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Turku and staff member at Tuorla Observatory.

Mikkola is a leading expert in celestial mechanics. He has made fundamental contributions to the theory of regularization of motion in the gravitational N-body problem.[1] Mikkola was a member of the team that determined the unusual orbit of 3753 Cruithne. He was also the a member of the team that identified 524522 Zoozve as a quasi-satellite of Venus, in 2004, two years after the actual discovery of the object.[2][3]

Named after him

References

  1. ^ Mikkola, Seppo (2008). "Regular Algorithms for the Few-Body Problem". The Cambridge N-Body Lectures. Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 760. pp. 31–58. Bibcode:2008LNP...760...31M. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8431-7_2. ISBN 978-1-4020-8430-0.
  2. ^ "Discovery of the first quasi-satellite of Venus". Tuorla Observatory. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mikkola, S.; Brasser, R.; Wiegert, P.; Innanen, K. (2004). "Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 351 (3): L63–L65. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.351L..63M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07994.x.

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