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Old 20-March-2006, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Melusine
It says in my Mars magazine that French astronomer Audoin Dollfus reportedly detected water vapor in the Mars atmosphere in 1963, but I don't think he had anything to do with Mercury whereas Schiaparelli did. Plus there's this business about occultation.
Where did Dolfus (only one "L") observe from? What other observations did he make?

(Incidently, the observations involved were in the mid-20th century, the correction, of course, some years later.)
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