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Carlos Torres

1929 - 2011

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Carlos Torres (1929–2011) 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 (1910–1965), he was honored with the naming of asteroid 1769 Carlostorres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Torres is the 562nd most popular astronomer (down from 491st in 2019). (down from 4,224th in 2019)

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Among astronomers, Carlos Torres ranks 562 out of 644. Before him are Tomimaru Okuni, Takao Kobayashi, Scott S. Sheppard, Kazimierz Kordylewski, John Dobson, and Lawrence H. Aller. After him are Kazuro Watanabe, Maura Tombelli, Alexander Voeikov, Korado Korlević, Alexandre Schaumasse, and Michel Giacobini.

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Among people born in 1929, Carlos Torres ranks 484. Before him are Harry Blanchard, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Goffredo Parise, Utpal Dutt, Aulis Rytkönen, and Ahmed Kathrada. After him are Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Bruno Junk, Hal Blaine, Henry Proctor, Richard Rush, and Józef Zapędzki. Among people deceased in 2011, Carlos Torres ranks 401. Before him are Jagjit Singh, Loleatta Holloway, Barbara Kent, Elisabeth Sladen, Ray Bryant, and Sun Axelsson. After him are Chris Lawrence, Jaime Salazar, Yoshiko Tanaka, Gordon Tootoosis, Frank Buckles, and Jack Layton.

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