Huygens
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Huygens is a Dutch
patronymic
surname, meaning "son of Hugo". People with the name Huygens include:
People
Named after Christiaan Huygens
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname, meaning "son of Hugo". People with the name Huygens include:
People
- Constantijn HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
(1596–1687), Dutch poet and composer - Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer, son of Constantijn Huygens
- Constantijn Huygens, Jr.Constantijn Huygens, Jr.Constantijn Huygens Jr. was a Dutch statesman also known for his work on scientific instruments and as a chronicler of his times...
(1628–1697), Dutch statesman, soldier, and telescope maker, son of Constantijn Huygens, and older brother of Christiaan Huygens - Lodewijck HuygensLodewijck HuygensLodewijck Huygens was born in The Hague, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was the third son of Dutch public servant, poet and musician Constantijn Huygens...
(1631–1699), the third son of Constantijn Huygens - Léon HuygensLéon HuygensLéon Huygens was a Belgian painter.Huygens was born in Oudergem, Brussels, and attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He specialised in landscapes, particularly of the Sonian Forest to the south of Oudergem and the coast at Nieuwpoort.He volunteered for the Belgian army during...
(1876–1918), Belgian painter - Jan Huyghen van LinschotenJan Huyghen van LinschotenJan Huyghen van Linschoten was a Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian. An alternate spelling of second name is Huijgen....
, (1563–1611), Dutch voyager and historian
Named after Christiaan Huygens
- Huygens' principleHuygens-Fresnel principleThe Huygens–Fresnel principle is a method of analysis applied to problems of wave propagation both in the far-field limit and in near-field diffraction.-History:...
- Cassini–Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan
- Huygens probeHuygens probeThe Huygens probe was an atmospheric entry probe carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini–Huygens mission. The probe was supplied by the European Space Agency and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens....
is the portion of the Cassini–Huygens mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005 - 2801 Huygens2801 Huygens2801 Huygens is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Hendrik van Gent in 1935. It belongs to the Gefion family of asteroids. It is named after Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist....
, an asteroid named after the astronomer - Huygens SoftwareHuygens SoftwareHuygens software refers to different multiplatform microscope image processing packages from Scientific Volume Imaging, made for restoring 2D and 3D microscopy images or time series and analyzing and visualizing them....
, a microscope image processing package - Huygens, one of MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
' craters - Mons Huygens, a mountain of EarthEarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
's MoonMoonThe Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...