Paul Henry and Prosper Henry

For other people named Paul Henry, see Paul Henry (disambiguation).

Asteroids discovered: 14 (7 each)

125 Liberatrix	11 September 1872	Prosper Henry
126 Velleda	5 November 1872	Paul Henry
127 Johanna	5 November 1872	Prosper Henry
141 Lumen	13 January 1875	Paul Henry
148 Gallia	7 August 1875	Prosper Henry
152 Atala	2 November 1875	Paul Henry
154 Bertha	4 November 1875	Prosper Henry
159 Aemilia	26 January 1876	Paul Henry
162 Laurentia	21 April 1876	Prosper Henry
164 Eva	12 July 1876	Paul Henry
169 Zelia	28 September 1876	Prosper Henry
177 Irma	5 November 1877	Paul Henry
186 Celuta	6 April 1878	Prosper Henry
227 Philosophia	12 August 1882	Paul Henry

Paul-Pierre Henry (Paul Henry) (21 August 1848 – 4 January 1905) and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry (Prosper Henry) (10 December 1849 – 25 July 1903) were French opticians and astronomers.

They made refracting telescopes and instruments for observatories, and were involved in the origin of the Carte du Ciel project.

Between the two of them, they discovered a total of 14 asteroids. The Minor Planet Center credits their discoveries under "P.P. Henry" and "P.M. Henry", respectively. The lunar crater Henry Frères is named after them jointly, as is Henry Crater on Mars.

Obituaries

Paul Henry

• AN 167 (1905) 223/224 (German)
• MNRAS 65 (1905) 349
• Obs 28 (1905) 110
• PASP 17 (1905) 77 (one paragaraph)

Prosper Henry

• AN 163 (1903) 381/382 (French)
• MNRAS 64 (1904) 296
• Obs 26 (1903) 396 (one paragraph)
• PASP 15 (1903) 230