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)