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Louis Niesten (1844–1920) was a Belgian astronomer working at the Brussels Royal Observatory. In 1877 he observed Mars and created a detailed map of its surface features.

He organized an expedition to Santiago de Chile to observe the Venus transit the Sun in 1882. A second Belgian expedition (led by Jean-Charles Houzeau) travelled to San Antonio, Texas to determine the planet's parallax during the same transit. Both parties used a specially designed heliometer for this purpose.

A crater on Mars was named in his honor.

External links

• Description of the 1882 transit of Venus expeditions
• Mars globe presented by Louis Niesten to the Royal Astronomical Society

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- [en] Louis Niesten

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[ru] Нистен, Жан Луи Никола

Жан Луи Никола Нистен (1844—1920) — бельгийский астроном.

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