Francisco Javier Escalante plan card
Francisco Javier Escalante Plancarte (* 1887 in Morelia , Michoacán , † March 3, 1972 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican philosopher, engineer and astronomer . Escalante crater on the planet Mars is named after him.
Life
At a young age Escalante was interested in astronomy and planetary observation and acquired basic knowledge. In 1905, at the age of 18, he joined the Sociedad Astronómica de México ( Astronomical Society of Mexico ).
From 1907 he studied in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University (formerly Universidad Colegio Romano ) and from 1916 worked at the Tacubaya Observatory belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico . Around 1930 Escalante discovered an impact crater on the planet Mars near the Martian equator , which was named after him by the International Astronomical Union in 1973 .
In 1963 he was co-author of the book El Planeta Marte , which describes the surface of Mars, its contrasts, changes in the atmosphere and its topography .
credentials
- ^ A b Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information
- ^ Debus, Allen G .: World Who's Who in Science . 2nd Edition. Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Montana 1968, New York 1973.
- ↑ Blunck, Jürgen: Mars and its satellites: a detailed commentary on the nomenclature . Exposition Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-682-48676-7 , pp. 200 .
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SURNAME | Escalante Plancarte, Francisco Javier |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Michoacan |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1972 |
Place of death | Mexico city |