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HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY

 The next pages will allow you to know more in the history of astronomy about the topics related to our tour in the solar system.

The chapter "Discovery" has shown to us the history of some discoveries essential for our knowledge of the solar system.

Let's see some other topics : 
-history of IMCCE and Bureau des longitudes
-history of the observation of solar eclipses: predictions and observations
-history of the observations of the transits of Venus in front of the Sun
-history of the observations of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter
-the names of planets and satellites: history

You may have more, in French:
-histoire de l'observatoire de Paris
-histoire de l'observatoire de Meudon