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René Jarry-Desloges (February 1, 1868 – June 1, 1951)[1] was a French amateurastronomer who worked at his ownobservatory.
He observed theplanets, and claimed to have confirmedGiovanni Schiaparelli's value of the rotational period ofMercury. However, radar observations made in 1965 showed that they were both wrong.[2]
TheFrench Academy of Sciences awarded him theJanssen Medal for 1914.[3] There is an impact crater on Mars named in his honor.[4] In 1921, he received thePrix Jules Janssen, the highest award of theSociété astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.
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