André Patry (22 November 1902 – 20 June 1960) was a French
astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...
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 ().
References
External links
Obituary – JO 43 (1960) 156
1902 births
1960 deaths
Discoverers of asteroids
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20th-century French astronomers
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