Jean Meeus (born 1928) is a Belgian astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics. The asteroid 2213 Meeus is named after him.
Jean Meeus studied mathematics at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953. From then until his retirement in 1993, he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport.
His area of interest is spherical and mathematical astronomy.
In 1986 he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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