Heikki A. Alikoski
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Asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s discovered: 13
1508 Kemi
1508 Kemi
1508 Kemi is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on October 21, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
October 21, 1938
1512 Oulu
1512 Oulu
1512 Oulu is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 18, 1939 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
March 18, 1939
1697 Koskenniemi
1697 Koskenniemi
1697 Koskenniemi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1940 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
September 8, 1940
1715 Salli
1715 Salli
1715 Salli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 9, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
April 9, 1938
1786 Raahe
1786 Raahe
1786 Raahe is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1948 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
October 9, 1948
2180 Marjaleena
2180 Marjaleena
2180 Marjaleena is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1940 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
September 8, 1940
2257 Kaarina
2257 Kaarina
2257 Kaarina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 18, 1939 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
August 18, 1939
2487 Juhani
2487 Juhani
2487 Juhani is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1940 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
September 8, 1940
2573 Hannu Olavi
2573 Hannu Olavi
2573 Hannu Olavi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 10, 1953 by Alikoski, H. at Turku.- External links :*...

 
March 10, 1953
2714 Matti
2714 Matti
2714 Matti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 5, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
April 5, 1938
2911 Miahelena
2911 Miahelena
2911 Miahelena is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 8, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
April 8, 1938
3776 Vartiovuori
3776 Vartiovuori
3776 Vartiovuori is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 5, 1938 by H. Alikoski at Turku.- External links :*...

 
April 5, 1938
4066 Haapavesi
4066 Haapavesi
4066 Haapavesi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1940 by Alikoski, H. at Turku.- External links :...

 
September 7, 1940

Heikki A. Alikoski (1912 – 28 December 1997) was a Finnish astronomer.

The asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

 1567 Alikoski
1567 Alikoski
1567 Alikoski is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 1941 by Yrjö Väisälä at Turku. It is named after Finnish astronomer Heikki A. Alikoski.- External links :*...

 was named in his honour while he was an observatory assistant at Turku Observatory
Turku observatory
Turku observatory may refer to:*Vartiovuori observatory, an old observatory building in Turku, Finland*Iso-Heikkilä Observatory, a former university observatory in Iso-Heikkilä district of Turku, now used by amateur astronomers...

, under Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.His main contributions were in the field of optics, but he was also very active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology...

, 1937 to 1956. He later helped establish the Turku Astronomical–Optical Institute.

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