André Patry

Minor planets discovered: 9 ^[1]
1509 Esclangona	December 21, 1938	MPC
1510 Charlois	February 22, 1939	MPC
1515 Perrotin	November 15, 1936	MPC
1516 Henry	January 28, 1938	MPC
1539 Borrelly	October 29, 1940	MPC
1756 Giacobini	December 24, 1937	MPC
1797 Schaumasse	November 15, 1936	MPC
3142 Kilopi	January 9, 1937	MPC
4162 SAF	November 24, 1940	MPC

André Patry (22 November 1902 – 20 June 1960) was a French astronomer and discoverer of 9 minor planets in the late 1930s.^[1]^[2]

Patry was orphaned at a young age, and began working as a 17-year-old at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France. He studied asteroids and discovered several himself. The inner main-belt asteroid 1601 Patry was named in his honor (M.P.C. 2196).^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1601) Patry. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 127. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

External links

Obituary – JO 43 (1960) 156 (in French)

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[springer-2] 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1601) Patry. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 127. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-3] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 1 August 2016.