Govert Schilling (born 30 November 1956) is a Dutch popular science writer and amateurastronomer.
Schilling was born inMeerkerk. In 1982, he became the program leader at the former Zeiss Planetarium, Amsterdam.
From 1987 to 1998 he was also a part-time appointee as a program leader at theArtis Planetarium in Amsterdam.
He has extensively written for theSky & Telescope magazine[1] and the journalScience.[2]
The asteroid10986 Govert is named after him.[3]
He is the author of a number of bestselling books.[4]
He has frequently collaborated withLars Lindberg Christensen.
