George Henry Peters

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Asteroids discovered: 3

536 Merapi	May 11, 1904
886 Washingtonia	November 16, 1917
980 Anacostia	November 21, 1921

George Henry Peters (1863 – October 18, 1947) was an American astronomer. He died in Washington, D.C.

He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an astrophotographer, discovering three asteroids and photographing the Sun's corona.

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• 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.

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• PASP 59 (1947) 344 (one paragraph)