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{{Short description|Chilean astronomer}}
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{| class="wikitable" align="right" style="margin: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="font-size: 0.9em; width: 270px;"
|+ '''[[Asteroid]]s discovered: 37'''
|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 37&thinsp;<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
| [[1973 Colocolo]] || July 18, 1968 || with [[S. Cofre]]
|-
|-
| ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}''
| [[1974 Caupolican]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
|}

'''Carlos Torres''' (1929–2011) was a Chilean [[astronomer]] of the [[University of Chile]] and an individual member of the [[International Astronomical Union]] on several commissions.<ref name="Kronk1984" /> Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the [[University of Chile]]'s [[Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station]].<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /><ref name="Torres-1977" /> Together with Spanish astronomer Carlos Guillermo Torres (1910–1965), he was honored with the naming of asteroid [[1769 Carlostorres]].<ref name="MPC-object" />

== List of discovered minor planets ==
{{See also|Category:Discoveries by Carlos Torres (astronomer)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; float: left; width: 26em; margin-right: 1em; height: 420px;
|-
|-
| [[1992 Galvarino]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
| [[1973 Colocolo]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|1973|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
|-
| [[2028 Janequeo]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
| [[1974 Caupolican]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|1974|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
|-
| [[1992 Galvarino]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|1992|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| [[2282 Andres Bello]] || March 22, 1974
|-
|-
| [[2028 Janequeo]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|2028|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| [[2518 Rutllant]] || March 22, 1974
|-
|-
| [[2654 Ristenpart]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
| [[2282 Andrés Bello]] || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|2282|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[2741 Valdivia]] || December 1, 1975 || with [[Sergio Barros|S. Barros]]
| [[2518 Rutllant]] || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|2518|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[2654 Ristenpart]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|2654|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| [[2784 Domeyko]] || April 15, 1975
|-
|-
| [[2741 Valdivia]] || 1 December 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|2741|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
| [[2858 Carlosporter]] || December 1, 1975 || with S. Barros
|-
|-
| [[2976 Lautaro]] || April 22, 1974
| [[2784 Domeyko]] || 15 April 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|2784|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[2858 Carlosporter]] || 1 December 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|2858|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
| [[3050 Carrera]] || July 13, 1972
|-
|-
| [[3361 Orpheus]] || April 24, 1982
| [[2976 Lautaro]] || 22 April 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|2976|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[3050 Carrera]] || 13 July 1972 || {{small|{{LoMP|3050|list}}}}
| [[3922 Heather]] || September 26, 1971
|-
|-
| [[3361 Orpheus]] || 24 April 1982 || {{small|{{LoMP|3361|list}}}}
| [[3970 Herran]] || June 28, 1979
|-
|-
| [[3922 Heather]] || 26 September 1971 || {{small|{{LoMP|3922|list}}}}
| [[4269 Bogado]] || March 22, 1974
|-
|-
| [[4853 Marielukac]] || June 28, 1979
| [[3970 Herran]] || 28 June 1979 || {{small|{{LoMP|3970|list}}}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; float: left; width: 26em; margin-right: 1em; height: 420px;
|-
|-
| [[(4878) 1968]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
| [[4269 Bogado]] || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|4269|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[4853 Marielukac]] || 28 June 1979 || {{small|{{LoMP|4853|list}}}}
| [[(4881) 1975 XJ|4881 Robmackintosh]] || December 1, 1975
|-
|-
| [[4878 Gilhutton]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|4878|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| [[5569 Colby]] || March 22, 1974
|-
|-
| [[4881 Robmackintosh]] || 1 December 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|4881|list}}}}
| {{mpl|(5659) 1968 OA|1}} || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
|-
|-
| [[(6217) 1975 XH]] || December 1, 1975 || with S. Barros
| [[5569 Colby]] || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|5569|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[5659 Vergara]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|5659|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| {{mpl|(6888) 1971 BD|3}} || January 27, 1971 || with [[J. Petit]]
|-
|-
| [[6217 Kodai]] || 1 December 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|6217|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
| [[(6889) 1971 RA]] || September 15, 1971 || with J. Petit
|-
|-
| {{mpl|(6888) 1971 BD|3}} || 27 January 1971 || {{small|{{LoMP|6888|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|C|}}
| {{mpl|(6940) 1972 HL|1}} || April 19, 1972
|-
|-
| {{mpl|(6889) 1971 RA}} || 15 September 1971 || {{small|{{LoMP|6889|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|C|}}
| [[(7045) 1974 FJ]] || March 22, 1974
|-
|-
| {{mpl|(7151) 1971 SX|3}} || September 26, 1971
| {{mpl|(6940) 1972 HL|1}} || 19 April 1972 || {{small|{{LoMP|6940|list}}}}
|-
|-
| [[(7975) 1974 FD]] || March 22, 1974
| {{mpl|(7045) 1974 FJ}} || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|7045|list}}}}
|-
|-
| {{mpl|(7151) 1971 SX|3}} || 26 September 1971 || {{small|{{LoMP|7151|list}}}}
| [[(8605) 1968 OH]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
|-
|-
| {{mp|(7975) 1974 FD}} || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|7975|list}}}}
| [[(9917) 1979 MK]] || June 26, 1979
|-
|-
| {{mp|(8605) 1968 OH}} || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|8605|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| [[(10993) 1975 XF]] || December 1, 1975 || with S. Barros
|-
|-
| [[(12660) 1975 NC]] || July 15, 1975 || with S. Barros
| [[9917 Keynes]] || 26 June 1979 || {{small|{{LoMP|9917|list}}}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 89%; float: left; width: 26em; margin-right: 1em; height: 285px;
|-
|-
| {{mp|(10993) 1975 XF}} || 1 December 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|10993|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
| [[(16352) 1974 FF]] || March 22, 1974
|-
|-
| {{mp|(12660) 1975 NC}} || 15 July 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|12660|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
| [[(17350) 1968 OJ]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
|-
|-
| [[(27655) 1968 OK]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
| {{mp|(16352) 1974 FF}} || 22 March 1974 || {{small|{{LoMP|16352|list}}}}
|-
|-
| {{mp|(17350) 1968 OJ}} || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|17350|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
| [[(29079) 1975 XD]] || December 1, 1975 || with S. Barros
|-
|-
| [[(43722) 1968 OB]] || July 18, 1968 || with S. Cofre
| {{mp|(27655) 1968 OK}} || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|27655|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
| {{mp|(29079) 1975 XD}} || 1 December 1975 || {{small|{{LoMP|29079|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|B|}}
|-
| [[43722 Carloseduardo]] || 18 July 1968 || {{small|{{LoMP|43722|list}}}}&thinsp;{{ref label|codisc|A|}}
|-
! colspan=3 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; padding: 4px 12px;" |'''Co-discovery''' made with:<br />{{note label|codisc|A|}} [[S. Cofré]]<br />{{note label|codisc|B|}} [[Sergio Barros|S. Barros]]<br />{{note label|codisc|C|}} [[Jean-Marc Petit|J.-M. Petit]]
|}
|}
{{clear}}
'''Carlos Torres''' is an [[astronomer]] of the [[University of Chile]].<ref name="Kronk1984">{{cite book|last=Kronk|first=Gary W.|title=Comets: a descriptive catalog|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kZXvAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 June 2011|year=1984|publisher=Enslow Publishers|isbn=978-0-89490-071-6|pages=193, 208, 211}}</ref> Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the [[University of Chile]]'s [[Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station]].


==Selected publications==
== Selected publications ==
*[[Herbert Wroblewski Cruz|H. Wroblewski]], C. Torres, and S. Barros, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1977PDAUC...2..215W&amp;db_key=AST&amp;high=41c79b1cdb07476 ''Minor Planet Positions''], Publicaciones Departmento de Astronomia Universidad de Chile, Vol. II, No. 7, pp.&nbsp;215–244, (1977)
*Herbert Wroblewski Cruz, C. Torres, and S. Barros, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1977PDAUC...2..215W&amp;db_key=AST&amp;high=41c79b1cdb07476 ''Minor Planet Positions''], Publicaciones Departmento de Astronomia Universidad de Chile, Vol. II, No. 7, pp.&nbsp;215–244, (1977)
*H. Wroblewski, C. Torres, S. Barros, and [[Marina Wischnjewsky|M. Wischnjewsky]], [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983A%26AS...51...93W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''Minor planet positions obtained at Cerro Calan Observatory during 1978-1980''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 51, pp.&nbsp;93–95 (January 1983)
*H. Wroblewski, C. Torres, S. Barros, and Marina Wischnjewsky, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983A%26AS...51...93W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''Minor planet positions obtained at Cerro Calan Observatory during 1978-1980''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 51, pp.&nbsp;93–95 (January 1983)
*H. Wroblewski, and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989A%26AS...78..231W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper-motion stars south of declination -40 deg and right ascension between 00 H and 04 H 30 M''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (ISSN 0365-0138), vol. 78, no. 2, pp.&nbsp;231–247 (May 1989)
*H. Wroblewski, and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989A%26AS...78..231W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper-motion stars south of declination -40 deg and right ascension between 00 H and 04 H 30 M''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 78, no. 2, pp.&nbsp;231–247 (May 1989)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990A%26AS...83..317W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper motion determination of Luyten catalogue stars (LTT) south of declination -40 degrees and right ascension between 00 H and 04 H 30 M''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (ISSN 0365-0138), vol. 83, no. 2, pp.&nbsp;317–329 (May 1990)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990A%26AS...83..317W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper motion determination of Luyten catalogue stars (LTT) south of declination -40 degrees and right ascension between 00 H and 04 H 30 M''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 83, no. 2, pp.&nbsp;317–329 (May 1990)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991A%26AS...91..129W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper-motion stars south of declination -40 deg and right ascension between 04h 30m and 16h 00m''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (ISSN 0365-0138), vol. 91, no. 1, pp.&nbsp;129–169 (November 1991)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991A%26AS...91..129W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper-motion stars south of declination -40 deg and right ascension between 04h 30m and 16h 00m''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 91, no. 1, pp.&nbsp;129–169 (November 1991)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992A%26AS...92..449W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper motion determination of Luyten catalogue stars (LTT) south of declination -40 deg and right ascension between 04 H 30 M and 16 H 00 M''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (ISSN 0365-0138), vol. 92, no. 3, pp.&nbsp;449–472 (February 1992)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992A%26AS...92..449W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb08561 ''New proper motion determination of Luyten catalogue stars (LTT) south of declination -40 deg and right ascension between 04 H 30 M and 16 H 00 M''], Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 92, no. 3, pp.&nbsp;449–472 (February 1992)
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998yCat..41280457W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb05355 ''Proper motion LTT stars -5<DE<-30, 0<RA<13h30''], VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/A+AS/128/457
*H. Wroblewski and C. Torres, [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998yCat..41280457W&db_key=AST&link_type=ABSTRACT&high=41c79b1cdb05355 ''Proper motion LTT stars -5<DE<-30, 0<RA<13h30''], VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/A+AS/128/457


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Kronk1984">{{cite book
|last=Kronk |first=Gary W.
|title=Comets: a descriptive catalog
|url=https://archive.org/details/cometsdescriptiv00kron
|url-access=registration |accessdate=21 June 2011
|year=1984
|publisher=Enslow Publishers
|isbn=978-0-89490-071-6
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cometsdescriptiv00kron/page/193 193], 208, 211}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
|title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
|date = 28 December 2015
|accessdate = 20 February 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Torres-1977">{{cite journal
|first1 = H. |last1 = Wroblewski
|first2 = C. |last2 = Torres
|first3 = S. |last3 = Barros
|date = June 1977
|title = Minor Planets Positions
|journal = Pulicaciones Departmento de Astronomia Universidad de Chile Vol. II
|volume = 7
|issue = 7
|pages = 215
|bibcode = 1977PDAUC...2..215W
}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web
|title = 1769 Carlostorres (1966 QP)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1769
|accessdate = 15 March 2018}}</ref>

}} <!-- end of reflist -->

== External links ==
* [https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/4420/ Carlos Torres], individual Member at the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]]


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Minor planets discovered: 37 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Carlos Torres (1929–2011) was a Chilean astronomer of the University of Chile and an individual member of the International Astronomical Union on several commissions.[2] Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the University of Chile's Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station.[1][3] Together with Spanish astronomer Carlos Guillermo Torres (1910–1965), he was honored with the naming of asteroid 1769 Carlostorres.[4]

List of discovered minor planets

[edit]
See also: Category:Discoveries by Carlos Torres (astronomer)
1973 Colocolo 18 July 1968 list [A]
1974 Caupolican 18 July 1968 list [A]
1992 Galvarino 18 July 1968 list [A]
2028 Janequeo 18 July 1968 list [A]
2282 Andrés Bello 22 March 1974 list
2518 Rutllant 22 March 1974 list
2654 Ristenpart 18 July 1968 list [A]
2741 Valdivia 1 December 1975 list [B]
2784 Domeyko 15 April 1975 list
2858 Carlosporter 1 December 1975 list [B]
2976 Lautaro 22 April 1974 list
3050 Carrera 13 July 1972 list
3361 Orpheus 24 April 1982 list
3922 Heather 26 September 1971 list
3970 Herran 28 June 1979 list
4269 Bogado 22 March 1974 list
4853 Marielukac 28 June 1979 list
4878 Gilhutton 18 July 1968 list [A]
4881 Robmackintosh 1 December 1975 list
5569 Colby 22 March 1974 list
5659 Vergara 18 July 1968 list [A]
6217 Kodai 1 December 1975 list [B]
(6888) 1971 BD3 27 January 1971 list [C]
(6889) 1971 RA 15 September 1971 list [C]
(6940) 1972 HL1 19 April 1972 list
(7045) 1974 FJ 22 March 1974 list
(7151) 1971 SX3 26 September 1971 list
(7975) 1974 FD 22 March 1974 list
(8605) 1968 OH 18 July 1968 list [A]
9917 Keynes 26 June 1979 list
(10993) 1975 XF 1 December 1975 list [B]
(12660) 1975 NC 15 July 1975 list [B]
(16352) 1974 FF 22 March 1974 list
(17350) 1968 OJ 18 July 1968 list [A]
(27655) 1968 OK 18 July 1968 list [A]
(29079) 1975 XD 1 December 1975 list [B]
43722 Carloseduardo 18 July 1968 list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A S. Cofré
B S. Barros
C J.-M. Petit

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ Kronk, Gary W. (1984). Comets: a descriptive catalog. Enslow Publishers. pp. 193, 208, 211. ISBN 978-0-89490-071-6. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. ^ Wroblewski, H.; Torres, C.; Barros, S. (June 1977). "Minor Planets Positions". Pulicaciones Departmento de Astronomia Universidad de Chile Vol. II. 7 (7): 215. Bibcode:1977PDAUC...2..215W.
  4. ^ "1769 Carlostorres (1966 QP)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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