This is a List of things named after Christiaan Huygens, the famous astronomer.
Astronomy Cassini–Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan Huygens (spacecraft), the probe of the Cassini-Huygens mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 2801 Huygens, an asteroid Huygens (crater), martian crater Mons Huygens, a mountain of Earth's Moon Huygens Gap, in the rings of Saturn
Physics Huygens law; see one of: Huygens's law (pendulums) Huygens's law Huygens–Steiner theorem
Optics Huygens–Fresnel principle Huygens's principle, see Huygens–Fresnel principle Huygens eyepiece, first compound eye piece
Mathematics and games Huygens lemniscate, a figure eight curve König–Huygens formula, see Steiner–Huygens
Other Huygens–Fokker Foundation Huygens's tritone, a musical interval Huygens's engine Christiaan Huygens College, High School in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Huygens College, High School in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands. The Christiaan Huygens, a ship of the Nederland Line. Huygens Scholarship Programme for international students[link removed] and Dutch students W.I.S.V. Christiaan Huygens: Dutch study guild for the studies Mathematics and Computer Science at the Delft University of Technology Huygens Laboratory: Home of the Physics department at Leiden University Huygens Supercomputer: at SARA, Amsterdam The Huygens-building in Noordwijk, Netherlands The Huygens-building at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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