Seppo Mikkola
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.
Named after him[]
References[]
- ^ Mikkola, Seppo (2008). "Regular Algorithms for the Few-Body Problem". Lecture Notes in Physics. 760: 31–58. Bibcode:2008LNP...760...31M. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8431-7_2. ISBN 978-1-4020-8430-0.
External links[]
Categories:
- 21st-century astronomers
- Finnish astronomers
- Living people
- 1947 births
- Finnish scientist stubs
- European astronomer stubs