Aymar de La Baume Pluvinel
Aymar Eugène de La Baume Pluvinel (born November 6, 1860 in Marcoussis , † July 18, 1938 in Vic-sur-Cère ) was a French astronomer , professor at the École supérieure d'optique and member of the Académie des sciences (since 28 November 1932).
In 1909 he and his assistant Fernand Baldet took the first high-resolution photographs of the surface of Mars with the help of a new telescope on the Pic du Midi de Bigorre .
In 1923 he received the Jules Janssen Prize .
Web links
- Pluvinel family (French)
- Publications by A. de La Baume Pluvinel in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for A. de La Baume Pluvinel in the Astrophysics Data System
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | La Baume Pluvinel, Aymar de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Baume Pluvinel, Aymar Eugène de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marcoussis |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1938 |
| Place of death | Vic-sur-Cère |