René Jarry-Desloges (February 1, 1868 – June 1, 1951)[1] was a French amateur astronomer who worked at his own observatory.
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He observed the planets, and claimed to have confirmed Giovanni Schiaparelli's value of the rotational period of Mercury. However, radar observations made in 1965 showed that they were both wrong.[2]
The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Janssen Medal for 1914.[3] There is an impact crater on Mars named in his honor.[4] In 1921, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.
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