Heikki A. Alikoski


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Heikki A. Alikoski was a Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
From 1937 to 1956, he was an observatory assistant under Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, where he discovered 12 asteroids. Alikoski later helped establish the Turku Astronomical–Optical Institute.
The outer main-belt asteroid 1567 Alikoski, discovered by Yrjö Väisälä in 1941, was named in his honour.

List of discovered minor planets

1508 Kemi21 October 1938
1512 Oulu18 March 1939
1697 Koskenniemi8 September 1940
1715 Salli9 April 1938
1786 Raahe9 October 1948
2180 Marjaleena8 September 1940
2257 Kaarina18 August 1939