Juan Hartmann
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| 965 Angelica 965 Angelica 965 Angelica is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
November 4, 1921 |
| 1029 La Plata 1029 La Plata 1029 La Plata is an asteroid. It was discovered by Juan Hartmann on April 28, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 RK. It was named after La Plata, Argentina.... |
April 28, 1924 |
| 1254 Erfordia 1254 Erfordia 1254 Erfordia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 10, 1932 by Hartmann, J. at La Plata.- External links :*... |
May 10, 1932 |
Juan Hartmann was an Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
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He was the director of the Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
from November 1922 to May 1934. He oriented the work of the observatory towards astrophysics
Astrophysics
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He discovered three asteroid
Asteroid
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