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Asteroids discovered: 3 | 536 Merapi | May 11, 1904 | 536}} | | 886 Washingtonia | November 16, 1917 | 886}} | | 980 Anacostia | November 21, 1921 | 980}} | George Henry Peters (1863–October 18, 1947) was a US astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an astrophotographer, discovering three asteroids and photographing the Sun's corona.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} He died in Washington, D.C. References }} External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313105356/http://cache.corbis.com/agent/11/49/88/11498891.jpg Corbis photo with caption]: Dr. George Henry Peters, of the U.S. Naval Observatory at Washington, with the 46 inch (1.2 m) lens, weighing 150 pounds (68 kg) and capable of taking a photo 195,000,000 miles (314,000,000 km) away, which is to be used to photograph total eclipse of sun on January 24.]
Obituary - PASP 59 (1947) 344 (one paragraph)
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