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George Henry Peters
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|+ Asteroids discovered: 3
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| 536 Merapi || May 11, 1904 ||
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| 886 Washingtonia || November 16, 1917 ||
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| 980 Anacostia || November 21, 1921 ||
|}George Henry Peters (1863–October 18, 1947) was a US astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an astrophotographer, discovering three asteroids and photographing the Sun's corona. He died in Washington, D.C. Provided by Wikipedia
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