André-Louis Danjon
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 57 years ago |
Date of birth | April 6,1890 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Caen |
France | |
Date of died | April 21,1967 |
Died | Suresnes |
France | |
Known for | Danjon scale |
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ID | 2579731 |
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.