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Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent

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French astronomer (1823-1900)

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Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent was a French amateur astronomer and chemist who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858, for which he was a recipient of the Lalande Prize awarded by the French Academy of Sciences.

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Hand-drawn star chart noting the discovery of 51 Nemausa, whose track of motion is depicted ()Hand-drawn star chart noting the discovery of 51 Nemausa, whose track of motion is depicted ()Equinoxial charts drawn up by Laurent ()Equinoxial charts drawn up by Laurent ()Extract of letter dated 5 September 1858 which gives his first name as Joseph-Jean-Pierre () Archived 12 March 2017 at the Wayback MachineExtract of letter dated 5 September 1858 which gives his first name as Joseph-Jean-Pierre () Archived 12 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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1858Lalande Prize

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About this person

Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent was a French amateur astronomer and chemist who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858, for which he was a recipient of the Lalande Prize awarded by the French Academy of Sciences. It is also likely that he is the same person as the person of that name who provided chemistry assistance to photography pioneer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1853.

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France
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1823 to 1900 · aged 77
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