Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin

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Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (December 19, 1845 – February 29, 1904) was a French astronomer. Some sources give his middle name as Athanase.

In his early career, he and Guillaume Bigourdan were assistants of Félix Tisserand at Toulouse Observatory. Later, he was the directory of the Nice Observatory in Nice, France from 1884 until his death. He made observations of Mars and attempted to determine the rotation period of Venus. He also calculated perturbations in the orbit of 4 Vesta.

In the literature, he is sometimes referred to as Henri Perrotin and sometimes as Joseph Perrotin (this is indeed one and the same person). His asteroid discoveries are credited by the Minor Planet Center to "J. Perrotin".

Perrotin crater on Mars has been named in his honor, as has asteroid 1515 Perrotin.

Asteroids discovered: 6
138 Tolosa	May 19, 1874
149 Medusa	September 21, 1875
163 Erigone	April 26, 1876
170 Maria	January 10, 1877
180 Garumna	January 29, 1878
252 Clementina	October 11, 1885

References

External links

Short biography (French)

Obituaries

AN 165 (1904) 253/254 (German)
Obs 27 (1904) 176 The Observatory, Vol. 27, p. 175-182 (1904)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 10630070 LCCN: n90713145 ISNI: 0000 0000 3252 001X GND: 117698938

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Name	Perrotin, Henri
Alternative names
Short description	French astronomer
Date of birth	December 19, 1845
Place of birth
Date of death	February 29, 1904
Place of death

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