Charles Dillon Perrine, US-born Argentine astronomer (Steubenville, Ohio State 28 July 1867 –Villa del Totoral, Cordoba Province 21 June 1951)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Discovered 9 comets (1895-1902) between them Perrine-Mrkos comet (1896), Perrine-Lamp (1896) and Perrine-Chofardet (1898) Discovered 2 moons of Jupiter: Himalia (1904) and Elara (1905) Developed a method for astronomical photographs
HONORS Prix Lalande, Académie des Sciences de France (1897) Perrine crater in Moon Asteroid 6779 Perrine
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