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Jérôme Lalande

French astronomer who calculated the distance from Earth to the Sun

Did you know?He was so dedicated to science that he reportedly used to eat spiders as a way to prove they were not actually poisonous.

Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (French:; 11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. He is known for having estimated a precise value of the astronomical unit (the distance from the Earth to the Sun) using measurements of the transit of Venus in 1769.

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Born: July 11, 1732 · Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Died: April 4, 1807
Nationality: French
Known for: Science, Literature

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