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Biot's Investigation
- When
- 1803
- Where
- L'Aigle, Normandy
Jean-Baptiste Biot was sent by the Académie française to report on the meteorites that fell on L'Aigle.
Biot conducted a thorough investigation of the meteorites. His paper concluded that the stones must undoubtedly be of extraterrestrial origin. This investigation effectively gave birth to the science of meteoritics.
Sources
- Jean-Baptiste Biot Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
- L'Aigle (meteorite) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-19
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