Carlos Torres
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Asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s discovered: 37
1973 Colocolo
1973 Colocolo
1973 Colocolo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.- External links :*...

 
July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
S. Cofre
S. Cofré is or was formally an astronomer of the University of Chile. In 1968, he co-discovered the asteroid Gilhutton from the Cerro El Roble astronomical observatory.- References :...

1974 Caupolican
1974 Caupolican
1974 Caupolican is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.- External links :*...

 
July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
1992 Galvarino
1992 Galvarino
Asteroid Galvarino was discovered on July 18, 1968 by Carlos Torres and S. Cofre at Cerro El Roble. It received the provisional designation 1968 OD....

 
July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
2028 Janequeo
2028 Janequeo
2028 Janequeo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres on exposures by S. Cofre and himself at the University of Chile, Cerro El Roble Station.- External links :*...

 
July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
2282 Andres Bello
2282 Andrés Bello
2282 Andrés Bello is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on March 22, 1974 by Carlos Torres at the Cerro El Roble observatory. It is named after Andrés Bello, who helped establish the Santiago Observatorio Astronomico Nacional.-References:...

 
March 22, 1974
2518 Rutllant
2518 Rutllant
2518 Rutllant is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1974 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
March 22, 1974
2654 Ristenpart
2654 Ristenpart
2654 Ristenpart is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 18, 1968 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
2741 Valdivia
2741 Valdivia
2741 Valdivia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 1, 1975 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
December 1, 1975 with S. Barros
2784 Domeyko
2784 Domeyko
2784 Domeyko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 15, 1975 by Torres, C. at Cerro El Roble.It was named for Polish mineralogist Ignacy Domeyko.- External links :*...

 
April 15, 1975
2858 Carlosporter
2858 Carlosporter
2858 Carlosporter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 1, 1975 by Wroblewski, H. at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
December 1, 1975 with S. Barros
2976 Lautaro
2976 Lautaro
2976 Lautaro is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 1974 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
April 22, 1974
3050 Carrera
3050 Carrera
3050 Carrera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 13, 1972 by Torres, C. at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
July 13, 1972
3361 Orpheus
3361 Orpheus
3361 Orpheus is an Apollo asteroid that was discovered on April 24, 1982 by Carlos Torres at Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station. Its eccentric orbit crosses that of Mars and Earth, and approaches Venus as well. From 1900 to 2100 it passes closer than 30 Gm to Venus 11, Earth 33, and Mars 14...

 
April 24, 1982
3922 Heather
3922 Heather
3922 Heather is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1971 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
September 26, 1971
3970 Herran
3970 Herran
3970 Herran is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 28, 1979 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
June 28, 1979
4269 Bogado
4269 Bogado
4269 Bogado is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1974 by Carlos Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
March 22, 1974
4853 Marielukac
4853 Marielukac
4853 Marielukac is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 28, 1979 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
June 28, 1979
(4878) 1968 OF  July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
(4881) 1975 XJ
(4881) 1975 XJ
1975 XJ is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Carlos Torres at the Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station at the University of Chile on December 1, 1975.-External links:*...

 
December 1, 1975
5569 Colby
5569 Colby
5569 Colby is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 22, 1974 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...

 
March 22, 1974
July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
(6217) 1975 XH
(6217) 1975 XH
1975 XH is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Carlos Torres and Sergio Barros at the Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station operated by the University of Chile on December 1, 1975.-External links:*...

 
December 1, 1975 with S. Barros
January 27, 1971 with J. Petit
(6889) 1971 RA
(6889) 1971 RA
1971 RA is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Carlos Torres and J. Petit at the Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station operated by the University of Chile on September 15, 1971.-External links:*...

 
September 15, 1971 with J. Petit
April 19, 1972
(7045) 1974 FJ
(7045) 1974 FJ
1974 FJ is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Carlos Torres at the Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station operated by the University of Chile on March 22, 1974.-External links:*...

 
March 22, 1974
September 26, 1971
(7975) 1974 FD  March 22, 1974
(8605) 1968 OH  July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
(9917) 1979 MK
(9917) 1979 MK
9917 Keynes is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.65 years.Discovered on June 26, 1979 by Carlos Torres at the Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station, it was given the provisional designation "1979 MK" and later named Keynes after British economist John Maynard Keynes...

 
June 26, 1979
(10993) 1975 XF  December 1, 1975 with S. Barros
(12660) 1975 NC  July 15, 1975 with S. Barros
(16352) 1974 FF  March 22, 1974
(17350) 1968 OJ  July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
(27655) 1968 OK  July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre
(29079) 1975 XD  December 1, 1975 with S. Barros
(43722) 1968 OB  July 18, 1968 with S. Cofre

Carlos Torres is an astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

 of the University of Chile. Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the University of Chile's Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station.

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