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ALEXANDRE SCHAUMASSE

'Asteroids discovered: 2'
971 Alsatia November 23 1921
1114 Lorraine November 17 1928

'Alexandre Schaumasse' (18821958) was a French astronomer.
He discovered the periodic comet 24P/Schaumasse. He also discovered two non-periodic comets: C/1913 J1 (Schaumasse) or 1913 II; and C/1917 H1 (Schaumasse) or 1917 II.
He also discovered two asteroids.
He was severely wounded in 1914 while serving in the French army in World War I and spent at least a year in hospital.

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