Pablo Cottenot

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Pablo Cottenot was an astronomer who in the 19th century at the Observatory of Marseille worked.

According to the astronomer Édouard Stephan , Cottenot's astronomical career was short-lived. After all, on February 2, 1878, he succeeded in discovering the asteroid (181) Eucharis .

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  1. ^ E. Stephan: L'Observatoire de Marseille. In: Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches du Rhône, tome VI, Marseille 1914 ( online ( memento of June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )). "Un autre observateur, M [onsieur] Cottenot, dont la carrière astronomique a été courte, a également trouvé une planète à l'Observatoire de Marseille."