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André-Louis Danjon

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Gender Male
Death57 years ago
Date of birth April 6,1890
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Caen
France
Date of died April 21,1967
DiedSuresnes
France
Known forDanjon scale
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André-Louis Danjon Life story


André-Louis Danjon was a French astronomer born in Caen to Louis Dominique Danjon and Marie Justine Binet. Danjon devised a method to measure "earthshine" on the Moon using a telescope in which a prism split the Moon's image into two identical side-by-side images.

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