1810 - 1865
Frédéric Petit (astronomer) French Astronomer
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1809
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| Died |
1865
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation |
Astronomer
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Frédéric Petit (Muret, 1810 – Toulouse, 1865) was a French astronomer. He was the first director of the Toulouse Observatory, located in Toulouse, France, serving from 1838–1865. In 1846 he announced that he had discovered a second moon of Earth. The theory was later dismissed by his peers, although the concept of a second smaller satellite of the Earth was used by Jules Verne in his novel From the Earth to the Moon.
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