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) Huygens is an impact crater on Mars named in honour of the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens. It is the fifth largest recognizable impact crater on Mars after Utopia, Hellas, Argyre, and Isidis, and the largest ...

, martian crater *

Mons Huygens Mons Huygens is the Moon's tallest mountain (but not its highest point, which is Selenean Summit). It is about high and is located in the Montes Apenninus. Adjacent to the west is Mons Ampère. The Montes Apenninus were formed by the impact tha ...

, a mountain of Earth's Moon * Huygens Gap, in the rings of Saturn

Physics

* Huygens law; see one of: ** Huygens law (pendulums) **

Huygens law Huygens (also Huijgens, Huigens, Huijgen/Huygen, or Huigen) is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hugo". Most references to "Huygens" are to the polymath Christiaan Huygens. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Huygen (1563– ...

Huygens–Steiner theorem The parallel axis theorem, also known as Huygens–Steiner theorem, or just as Steiner's theorem, named after Christiaan Huygens and Jakob Steiner, can be used to determine the moment of inertia or the second moment of area of a rigid body abou ...

Optics

* Huygens–Fresnel principle * Huygens' principle, see Huygens–Fresnel principle *

Huygens eyepiece An eyepiece, or ocular lens, is a type of lens that is attached to a variety of optical devices such as telescopes and microscopes. It is named because it is usually the lens that is closest to the eye when someone looks through the device. The ...

, first compound eye piece *

Huygens Software Huygens software refers to different multiplatform microscope image processing packages from Scientific Volume Imaging, made for restoring 2D and 3D microscopy images or time series and analyzing and visualizing them. The restoration is based o ...

, a microscope image processing package

Mathematics and games

Huygens lemniscate Huygens (also Huijgens, Huigens, Huijgen/Huygen, or Huigen) is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hugo". Most references to "Huygens" are to the polymath Christiaan Huygens. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Huygen (1563–1 ...

, a figure eight curve * König–Huygens formula, see Steiner–Huygens

Other

Huygens-Fokker Foundation The Huygens-Fokker Foundation () is a "centre for microtonal music" founded on February 15, 1960, housed in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Amsterdam, Netherlands), and named for Christiaan Huygens and Adriaan Fokker (inventor of 31 equal temperament ...

* Huygens' tritone, a musical interval * Huygens' engine
Christiaan Huygens College
High School in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Huygens College
High School in

Heerhugowaard Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: ''Heerhugoweard'', ''Heregeweard'' or ''De Weard'') is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland. Heerhugowaard was previously a municipality, which merged ...

, Netherlands. * The ''Christiaan Huygens'', a ship of the Nederland Line. * Huygens Scholarship Programme fo
international students
an
Dutch students

W.I.S.V. Christiaan Huygens
Dutch study guild for the studies Mathematics and Computer Science at the

Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...

Huygens Laboratory
Home of the Physics department at Leiden University * Huygens Supercomputer: at

SARA Sara may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment Film and television * ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui * ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda * ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhal ...

, Amsterdam * The Huygens-building in Noordwijk, Netherlands * The Huygens-building at the

Radboud University Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...

, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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