Posted by Someone on March 10, 2008
Auguste Charlois Honoré (November 26, 1864. March 26, 1910) - French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids. His first discovery was the asteroid 267 Tirza in 1887. Photographed 433 Eros on the same night as Gustav Witt (discovery of the asteroid is assigned only Wittowi). Began to search for asteroids in the era of visual studies, and in later work benefited from astrophotography, which helped him to discover many asteroids over a relatively short period of time. At the age of 46, he was murdered by his brother