André Patry

André Patry (22 November 1902 – 20 June 1960) was a French astronomer and discoverer of 9 minor planets in the late 1930s.

[1][2] Patry was orphaned at a young age, and began working as a 17-year-old at the Nice Observatory in southeastern France.

He studied asteroids and discovered several himself.

The inner main-belt asteroid 1601 Patry was named in his honor (M.P.C.

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