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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1870-03-01 ) 1 March 1870, Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 10 February 1944 (1944-02-10) (aged 73), Paris , France
- Occupation
- Astronomer
- Years active
- 1893–1944
- Known for
- Maps of Mars and Mercury
- Notable work
- La planète Mars, 1659-1929
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Constantinople
- Place of death
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Prix Jules Janssen
- Doctoral advisor
- Camille Flammarion
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- France
- Image
- Eugene Antoniadi.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1870-03-01
- date of death
- 1944-02-10
- Commons category
- Eugène Michel Antoniadi
- name in native language
- Eugène Antoniadi
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- described at URL
- saf-astronomie.fr/eugene-antoniadi
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Encyclopedic overview
Eugène Michel Antoniadi (Greek: Ευγένιος Αντωνιάδης; 1 March 1870 – 10 February 1944) was a Greek-French astronomer. He is known for creating the Antoniadi scale as well as for his observations of the planets, and was a major opponent of the notion of Martian canals. He created some of the most detailed maps of Mars at the time, and many features on the planet are still known by the names he suggested. He also created the first map of Mercury, though it turned out to be incorrect.
Biography
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