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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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Hockey, T. (2014). Charlois, Auguste. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_268

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