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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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  • 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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    His older brother was the German-born American Astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Band 1: Zoologie...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    galaxy in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in 1859. It is probably in the same galaxy group as NGC 2935...
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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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    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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    Palmieri, professional ice hockey player, was born in Clinton Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Danish-born astronomer, worked at Litchfield Observatory...
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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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    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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    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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    Palisa 1877: Asaph Hall 1878: Stanislas-Étienne Meunier 1879: Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters 1880: Ormond Stone 1881: Lewis Swift 1882: Cyrille Souillart...
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    the work with some interruptions until 1843 including with Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. The chief result of this undertaking was his great Atlas...
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    (1584−1655), German Baroque poet Wilhelm Peters (1815−1883), German naturalist and zoologist Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813−1890), German-American astronomer...
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    1820 to May 1839; added letters of other correspondents) Christian August Friedrich Peters, ed. (1860–1865). Briefwechsel zwischen C. F. Gauss und H...
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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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  • Richard Anschütz Rolf Appel Fritz Arndt Karl Arnold Friedrich Auerbach Karl von Auwers Lambert Heinrich von Babo Manfred Baerns Adolf von Baeyer Eugen Bamberger...
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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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    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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