Karl A. Augustesen (19 May 1945 – 29 September 2025) was a Danishastronomer and co-discoverer of minor planets.[1]
Working atBrorfelde Observatory, he is credited by theMinor Planet Center with the discovery of six numberedasteroids during 1984–1987.[2]
The Vestian main-belt asteroid5171 Augustesen, discovered by astronomer and colleaguePoul Jensen at Brorfelde Observatory in 1988, was named in his honor.[1]
Augustesen died on 29 September 2025, at the age of 80.[3]
| 3033 Holbaek[1][2] | 5 March 1984 | MPC |
| 3318 Blixen[1] | 23 April 1985 | MPC |
| 3596 Meriones[1] | 14 November 1985 | MPC |
| 3934 Tove[1][2] | 23 February 1987 | MPC |
| 5320 Lisbeth[1][2] | 14 November 1985 | MPC |
| 5321 Jagras[1][2] | 14 November 1985 | MPC |
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