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New York, United States
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Saturn
, French Astronomer
, Discovered
, Meudon
, Moon
, Observatoire De Paris
, Credited With The Discovery
, Solar System
, Moons
, People Named Dollfus
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5 quick facts about Audouin Dollfus:
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Audouin Dollfus is credited with the discovery of Janus in 1966 but it is not certain whether the object he saw was Janus or Epimetheus and his observations led to a spurious orbit ... 
Source: 200504 EAAS Newsletter [www.eaas.co.uk]
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Audouin Dollfus is a French astrophysicist who for many years was Head of the Laboratory for Physics of the Solar System at Meudon Observatory in Paris ... 
Source: www.rasc.ca... [www.rasc.ca]
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 the 60cm refractor at the Pic-du-Midi Observatory in 1959, Dollfus was able to clearly resolve spots about 300 km apart ... 
Source: Lake County Astronomical Society NightTimes [www.bpccs.com]
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 Using the Pic du Midi Observatory, Dollfus is able to establish the actual edge-on brightness of the rings, and estimates the thickness of the rings at only 2.4 ... 
Source: Historical Background of Saturn's Rings [www.solarviews.com]
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Dollfus is renowned for his fundamental work on planetary polarimetry ... 
Source: JPL Small-Body Database Browser [ssd.jpl.nasa.gov]
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Related web page for Audouin Dollfus:
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Web Extracted Biography - Zoominfo
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Audouin Dollfus, NY, US, Space Frontier Foundation...
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www.zoominfo.com/Search/Person...ersonID=252522389
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