The journey of the German expedition to observe the transit of Venus on December 9, 1874 at the Kerguelen Islands and its sojourn there
Abstract. Astronomers are the surveyors of the sky. They have always dedicated much time and resources to determining the scale of distances in the universe. Today, the Hubble constant; yesterday, the solar parallar. The following account, attributed to Ladislas Weinek, a modest actor of this scient...
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1999
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02993178/file/weinek.pdf https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02993178 |
Summary: | Abstract. Astronomers are the surveyors of the sky. They have always dedicated much time and resources to determining the scale of distances in the universe. Today, the Hubble constant; yesterday, the solar parallar. The following account, attributed to Ladislas Weinek, a modest actor of this scientific epic, describes one of its numerous chapters. National audience Les astronomes sont les arpenteurs du ciel, et ils ont toujours consacré beaucoup de temps et de ressources à déterminer l'échelle des distances dans l'univers. Aujourd'hui, la constante de Hubble, hier la parallaxe solaire. Le récit imaginaire d'un modeste acteur de cette épopée en retrace un court chapitre. |
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