Edmond Modeste Lescarbault
Edmond Modeste Lescarbault (1814, Châteaudun – 1894, Orgères-en-Beauce), was a French medical doctor and an amateur astronomer, best remembered for his 1859 supposed observation of the non-existent planet Vulcan.
He graduated and obtained his diploma from the University of Paris in 1848. He then started to work as a doctor in
refractor
by his house and began correspondence with various scientific societies.
On 26 March 1859 he saw a small object Légion d'honneur[3]
and was invited to appear before numerous learned societies. Most likely what he had seen was not Vulcan but a sunspot.
His manuscripts, including correspondence with Camille Flammarion, are kept in the Bibliothèque Municipale in Châteaudun. He died in 1894.
See also
References
- ^ "A Promised Transit of Vulcan", The Spectator, vol. 52, p. 336, 15 March 1879
- ISBN 9780812998986.
- ^ "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". Archives nationales - Base Léonore. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
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