Carlos Torres (astronomer)

Carlos Torres (1929โ€“2011) was a Chilean astronomer of the University of Chile and an individual member of the International Astronomical Union on several commissions. Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the University of Chile's Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station. Together with Spanish astronomer Carlos Guillermo Torres (1910โ€“1965), he was honored with the naming of asteroid 1769 Carlostorres.

Minor planets discovered: 37โ€‰
see ยง List of discovered minor planets
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