Pablo Cottenot

Pablo Cottenot was a 19th-century French astronomer and discoverer of a minor planet.

Minor planets discovered: 1 [1]

181 Eucharis

2 February 1878

MPC

He worked at Marseille Observatory, but according to Édouard Stephan, Cottenot's astronomy career was brief.[2] He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one minor planet, the outer main-belt asteroid 181 Eucharis, which he named for a nymph of the goddess Calypso.[3]

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
2. Edouard Stephan. "L'Observatoire de Marseille : histoire depuis la Révolution" (in French). Archived from the original on 2004-07-25.
3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(181) Eucharis". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (181) Eucharis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 31. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_182. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.