Karel van het Reve (1921-1999), professor of Slavic languages at Leiden University and a prolific writer, was considered to be one of the finest Dutch essayists with wide-ranging interests. The name was suggested by F. Israel.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.