George Henry Peters

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 US 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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