Marseille Observatory
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Marseille Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Marseille, France, with a history that goes back to the early 18th century. In its 1877 incarnation, it was the discovery site of a grou
Marseille Observatory use the GRAPE, a gravity simulation software to simulate planetary formation
Palais Longchamp in c. 1890-1900
Benjamin Valz
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Jean Elias Benjamin Valz was a French astronomer.
Marseille Observatory
…of a century. Astronomer Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart discovered 16 comets from the old observatory. Another astronomer of Marseilles Observatory was Benjamin Valz. Jean-Louis Pons (1761-1831) discovered his first comet in 1801, and went on to find 37 more in his career many of them at Marseilles Observatory…
Benjamin Valz