Fernand Baldet (16 March 1885 – 8 November 1964) was a Frenchastronomer.
He worked withCount Aymar de la Baume Pluvinel observingMars from the newly builtobservatory onPic du Midi in 1909. The resulting photographs, taken with the 0.5 metre (20 inch) reflectingBaillaud telescope, were so sharp that they were able to disprovePercival Lowell's claim of geometrical canals on the planet's surface.
Baldet was the president of theSociété astronomique de France (SAF), the French astronomical society, from 1939 to 1945.[1] In 1946, Baldet and Charles Maurain jointly received thePrix Jules Janssen, the society's highest award.
ThecraterBaldet on theMoon and the craterBaldet on Mars were named in his honour.[2]
Baldet was French pioneer of color photography working inAutochrome Lumière,Kodachrome andAgfacolor before the Second World War.[3]
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