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Encyclopedia > 9492 Veltman

Asteroid 9492 Veltman was named for 1999 Nobel physics laureate Martinus J.G. Veltman. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Martinus J.G. Veltman (Tini for short) (born June 27, 1931) is a 1999 Nobel prize laureate for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics, work done at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. ...



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Martinus J.G. Veltman (Tini for short) (born June 27, 1931) is a 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics", work done at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
He is now retired and holds a position of Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan.
Asteroid 9492 Veltman is named in his honor.
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