Pierre Lacroute | |
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| Born | Alphonse Marie Pierre Lacroute January 12, 1906 |
| Died | January 14, 1993 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | French |
| Awards | Prix Jules Janssen (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy and astrometry |
| Institutions | Toulouse Observatory Observatory of Strasbourg |
Pierre Lacroute (1906–1993),[1] was a French astrophysicist and pioneer of astrometry using satellite experiments.[2] He is known as the first proposer of the Hipparcos space experiment.[3][4]
- ^ État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
- ^ Biographie
- ^ Jin, W.; Platais, I.; Perryman, M.A.C., eds. (2008). "The Hipparcos Catalogue: 10th anniversary and its legacy by Catherine Turon and Frédéric Arenou". A Giant Step: From Milli- to Micro- Arcsecond Astrometry: Proceedings of the 248th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Shanghai China on October 15–19, 2007. I.A.U. Symposium S248. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–7. ISBN 978-0-521-87470-0.
- ^ Høg, Erik (2018). "Astrometry history: Hipparcos from 1964 to 1980". arXiv:1804.10881.
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