George Henry Peters
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| 536 Merapi 536 Merapi 536 Merapi is an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is classified as a minor planet, which orbits the Sun. It was discovered by George Henry Peterson May 11, 1904 in Washington, D.C. in the United States.... |
May 11, 1904 |
| 886 Washingtonia 886 Washingtonia -External links:*... |
November 16, 1917 |
| 980 Anacostia 980 Anacostia 980 Anacostia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
November 21, 1921 |
George Henry Peters (1863–October 18, 1947) was an US 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...
. He died in Washington, D.C.
He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an astrophotographer, discovering three 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 and photographing the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
's corona
Corona
A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or other celestial body, extending millions of kilometers into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but also observable in a coronagraph...
.
External links
Obituary
- PASP 59 (1947) 344 (one paragraph)