Bernard Guinot

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Bernard Guinot

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Astronomy

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Why Is Bernard Guinot Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Bernard René Guinot was a French astronomer. He is known for his contributions to the establishment of temps atomique international and the geodetic reference system used in satellite navigation. Biography From 1945 to 1952, Guinot served as an officer in the Messageries Maritimes. In 1952 he became an astronomer at the Paris Observatory, where he worked with André Danjon on applications and further developments of the Danjon prismatic astrolabe. The applications were especially concerned with precise determinations of polar motions and variations in the Earth's rotation. In 1958 with a dissertation on applications of the Danjon astrolabe, Guinot obtained his doctorate from the University of Paris. He continued his employment as an astronomer at the Paris Observatory until 1990. From 1984 to 1992 he was a physicien principal , and then a consultant, at the Bureau international des poids et mesures .

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