Carlos Torres (astronomer)


Carlos Torres 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, he was honored with the naming of asteroid 1769 Carlostorres.

List of discovered minor planets

1973 Colocolo18 July 1968
1974 Caupolican18 July 1968
1992 Galvarino18 July 1968
2028 Janequeo18 July 1968
2282 Andrés Bello22 March 1974
2518 Rutllant22 March 1974
2654 Ristenpart18 July 1968
2741 Valdivia1 December 1975
2784 Domeyko15 April 1975
2858 Carlosporter1 December 1975
2976 Lautaro22 April 1974
3050 Carrera13 July 1972
3361 Orpheus24 April 1982
3922 Heather26 September 1971
3970 Herran28 June 1979

Selected publications