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1792Oct, 22

Guillaume Le Gentil

Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (12 September 1725 – 22 October 1792) was a French astronomer who discovered several nebulae and was appointed to the Royal Academy of Sciences. He made unsuccessful attempts to observe the 1761 and 1769 transits of Venus from India.

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