Martien de Vries (b. 1932) is a Dutch astronomer who was part of a small group who developed the first Dutch 1-m telescope on La Silla. His main area of focus was the development and adjustment of the photometer, which he himself used for infrared star measurements.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.