Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
1749 - 1822
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Delambre was an astronomer who produced tables of the location of planets and their satellites. He also worked on the bureau of longitudes.
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A Poster of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1791 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1820 |
| Lunar features | Crater Delambre |
| Paris street names | Rue Delambre and Square Delambre (14th Arrondissement) |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
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