Jorge E. Bobone (1901 – October 21, 1958) was an Argentine

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. He performed his work at the ''Observatorio Nacional Argentino'' in

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, established in the 1870s by

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and now belonging to the

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. Between 1928 and 1954 he published multiple papers in the ''Astronomical Journal'' and the ''Astronomische Nachrichten''. The majority of his papers were regarding photographic observations of

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s, the

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of Jupiter VI, and some

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s. The crater Bobone on the

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and the

2507 Bobone were named after him.Schmadel, Lutz; ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1'', Springer, 2003, page 205

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