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Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (French:; 11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. Biography [ edit ] Lalande was born at Bourg-en-Bresse ( département of Ain ) to Pierre Lefrançois and Marie‐Anne‐Gabrielle Monchinet. [1]
Mar 31, 2024 · Jérôme Lalande (born July 11, 1732, Bourg-en-Bresse, France—died April 4, 1807, Paris) was a French astronomer whose tables of planetary positions were considered the best available until the end of the 18th century.
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Jérôme Lalande was a French astronomer who made important measurements of the Solar System.
Jul 11, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Jérôme Lalande (1732-1807), who determined the Moon's parallax, calculated Halley's comet, and edited the Connaissance des temps. Discover his role in the French Revolution and his controversial views on religion and science.
Dec 2, 2019 · After analysing all the data, in 1771, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732–1807) provided the most accurate measurement of the au at that time: the Sun was 153,000,000 km away, which ...
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Jan 5, 2015 · French astronomer Jerome Lalande collected all the data and computed the first accurate distance to the Sun: 153 million kilometers, good to within three percent of the true value!
Dec 27, 2011 · Lalande’s paper is divided into a substantial introduction in which he reviewed the history of the discovery of the secular accelerations and their investigation by past and contemporary astronomy followed by five “articles” dealing in turn with the secular acceleration of the sun, the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars.
