Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, Scottish-born South African astronomer (Edinburgh 10 November 1861 – Surbiton, Surrey, England 13 March 1933)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Discovered 1628 binary stars, between them Proxima Centauri in 1915
Discovered Innes star
Presented the first convincing demonstration of the irregular rotation of the Earth (1918)
Introduced Thiele-Innes constants, orbital parameters for double stars
HONORS
Innes lunar crater
Asteroid 1658 Innes