Charlois, Auguste

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Born La Cadière, Var, France, 26 November 1864

Died Nice, France, 26 March 1910

French astronomer Auguste Charlois codiscovered minor planet (433) Eros (with Gustav Witt) in 1898. Charlois was one shy of his hundredth asteroid discovery when he was murdered.

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Simonin, M. (1910). “Nécrologie: Auguste Charlois.” Astronomische Nachrichten 184: 191–192.
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Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Office: Latham 112, 50614, Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Thomas Hockey (Professor of Astronomy) (Professor of Astronomy)

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(2007). Charlois, Auguste. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_268

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