1 co-discovered with Poul Jensen2 co-discovered with Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen Karl A. Augustesen (born 1945) is a Danish astronomer and co-discoverer of minor planets.
[2] Working at Brorfelde Observatory, he is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 6 numbered asteroids during 1984–1987.
[1] The Vestian main-belt asteroid 5171 Augustesen, discovered by astronomer and colleague Poul Jensen at Brorfelde Observatory in 1988, was named in his honor.
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