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    Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American astronomer and professor at Hamilton College, New York...
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  • Heinrich Friedrich may refer to: Adolph Heinrich Friedrich Bartels (19th century), Mayor of Adelaide Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890), German-American...
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    assistant to Heinrich Christian Schumacher at Altona Observatory. Schumacher encouraged him to study astronomy and Peters did a PhD under Friedrich Bessel at...
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    189 Phthia (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on September 9, 1878 in Clinton, New York and named after...
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    herpetologists Günther Peters and James A. Peters. His older brother was the German-born American Astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. Naturwissenschaftliche...
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  • 80P/Peters–Hartley is a periodic comet in the Solar System with an orbital period of 8.12 years. It was originally discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich...
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    176 Iduna (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on October 14, 1877, in Clinton, New York. It is named after...
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    167 Urda (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 28, 1876, in Clinton, New York, and named after...
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    10, 1872, and independently by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on April 11, 1872, then named after Lachesis, one of the...
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    200 Dynamene (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on July 27, 1879, in Clinton, New York. The name derives...
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  • 234 Barbara (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 12, 1883, in Clinton, New York. The object is orbiting...
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    72 Feronia (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    *JPL Small-Body Database Browser Sheehan, William (1999), "Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters", Biographical Memoirs, vol. 76, National Academies Press...
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  • S-type asteroid in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was named after Nephthys...
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  • was independently discovered by the American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Constantinople) on August 9. The comet exhibited many flunctuations...
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  • Perrotin (France, 1845–1904) Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Germany, United States, 1813–1890) George Henry Peters (United States, 1863–1947) Mark...
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    112 Iphigenia (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 19, 1870, and named after Iphigenia, a princess sacrificed...
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    Ptolemy's catalogue of stars; a revision of the Almagest by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters and Edward Ball Knobel, 1915 Epytoma Ioannis de Monte Regio...
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    Palmieri, professional ice hockey player, was born in Clinton Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Danish-born astronomer, worked at Litchfield Observatory...
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    observed positions. An elliptical orbit was calculated by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in 1860 indicated an orbital period of 5.89 years. The comet...
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  • virologists and tropical physician Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880), German astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890), German-born...
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  • 123 Brunhild (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Brünnehilde, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology...
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    75 Eurydike (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    nickel-iron. Eurydike was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 22, 1862. It was second of his numerous asteroid discoveries...
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    500 milliarcseconds (mas), and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters used Arago's data to calculate a value of 550 mas. Peters calculated a better value based...
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    116 Sirona (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 8, 1871, and named after Sirona, the Celtic goddess of healing...
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    109 Felicitas (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on October 9, 1869, and named after Felicitas, the Roman goddess of success...
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    98 Ianthe (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    of the numerous (for his time—the 19th century) discoveries by C. H. F. Peters, who found it on April 18, 1868, from Clinton, New York. This body is orbiting...
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    124 Alkeste (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    main-belt asteroid, and it is an S-type (siliceous) in composition. C.H.F. Peters discovered the asteroid on August 23, 1872, from the observatory at Hamilton...
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    111 Ate (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    main-belt asteroid discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 14, 1870, and named after Ate, the goddess of mischief and destruction...
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    122 Gerda (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Gerðr, the wife of the god Freyr in Norse...
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    145 Adeona (category Discoveries by Christian Peters)
    It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 3, 1875, from the observatory at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Peters named it after Adeona, the Roman...
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