Charles Dillon Perrine [SEP] place of death
Charles Dillon Perrine
Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867 – June 21, 1951) was an American astronomer living in Argentina. He won the Lalande Prize in 1897.
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of Peter and Elizabeth McCauley Perrine, and a descendant of Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot", he worked at Lick Observatory in California from 1893 to 1909 and then was director of the Argentine National Observatory (today, Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba) in Argentina from 1909 until 1936.
Between 1900
del Totoral). He is buried in the "Cementerio de Disidentes" in the city of Córdoba.
Comets discovered or co-discovered.
- C/1895 W1 (Perrine)
- C/1896 C1 (Perrine-Lamp)
- C/1896 V1 (Perrine)
- 18D/Perrine-Mrkos
- C/1897 U1 (Perrine)
- C/1898 L2 (Perrine)
- C/1898 R1 (Perrine-Chofardet)
External links.
- C. Perrine @ Astrophysics Data System
- Photographs taken by Charles Dillon