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Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28 1867 – June 21 1951) was an American-Argentine astronomer astronomer quick summary:
An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics....
An asteroid is a small, solid object in our solar system, orbiting the sun....
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 Perrine, Charles Dillon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
He was the first to observe (1901) the extraordinary motion (apparently faster than the speed of light) in the nebulosity about the nova in Perseus, and in 1905 he discovered the sixth and seventh satellites of Jupiter.
Perrine also made special studies of comets, discovering several.
Between 1900 and 1908 he accompanied four eclipse expeditions and was in charge of the one sent from Lick Observatory to Sumatra in 1901.
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 ipedia.com: 1951 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
April 23 - Charles G. Dawes, former U.S. vice-president
June 21 - Charles Dillon Perrine, astronomer (b.
July 9 - Harry Heilmann, Baseball Hall of Famer (b.
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