André Patry
{{Short description|French astronomer (1902–1960)}}
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|+ Minor planets discovered: 9 | ||
| 1509 Esclangona | December 21, 1938 | {{MPC|1509}} |
| 1510 Charlois | February 22, 1939 | {{MPC|1510}} |
| 1515 Perrotin | November 15, 1936 | {{MPC|1515}} |
| 1516 Henry | January 28, 1938 | {{MPC|1516}} |
| 1539 Borrelly | October 29, 1940 | {{MPC|1539}} |
| 1756 Giacobini | December 24, 1937 | {{MPC|1756}} |
| 1797 Schaumasse | November 15, 1936 | {{MPC|1797}} |
| 3142 Kilopi | January 9, 1937 | {{MPC|3142}} |
| 4162 SAF | November 24, 1940 | {{MPC|4162}} |
André Patry (22 November 1902 – 20 June 1960) was a French astronomer and discoverer of 9 minor planets in the late 1930s.
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 ({{small|M.P.C. 2196}}).
References
{{Reflist
|refs=
|title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
|date = 20 June 2016
|accessdate = 1 August 2016}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1601) Patry
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 127
|date = 2007
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1602 |chapter = (1601) Patry }}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|accessdate = 1 August 2016}}
}}
External links
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JO.../0043//0000156.000.html Obituary – JO 43 (1960) 156] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Discoverers of asteroids
Category:20th-century French astronomers
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