Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813-1890) was a German-American astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids visually. He discovered 48 asteroids as well as the comet now known as 80P/Peters-Hartley. Name suggested by Michel-Alain Combes.
Avastatud: 13-2-1988 Avastamiskoht: La Silla Avastajad: Elst, E. W.