Sergio Barros

**Discovered asteroid : 7**
(2741) Valdivia	1st December 1975	[1]
(2757) Crisser	November 11, 1977
(2858) Carlosporter	1st December 1975	[1]
(6217) Kodai	1st December 1975	[1]
(10993) 1975 XF	1st December 1975	[1]
(12660) 1975 NC	15th July 1975	[1]
(29079) 1975 XD	1st December 1975	[1]
[1] with Carlos Torres

Sergio Barros is a Chilean astronomer . Between 1975 and 1977, he and Carlos Torres discovered a total of seven asteroids at the Cerro El Roble Observatory , which is located at the University of Chile. The asteroid of the outer main belt (2757) Crisser discovered by him is named after him and his wife.

Individual evidence

^ Minor Planet Discoverers
^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 11, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 VN. Discovered 1977 Nov. 11 by S. Barros at Cerro El Roble. "

personal data
SURNAME	Barros, Sergio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chilean astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Minor Planet Discoverers

[2] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 11, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 VN. Discovered 1977 Nov. 11 by S. Barros at Cerro El Roble. "