Cosmic Exploration · observatory
Paris Observatory
Ground-based · 1667 · Paris, France
- Type
- Ground-based
- Location
- Paris, France
- Altitude (m)
- 67
- Founded
- 1667
Notes
The oldest working observatory in the world. Cassini ran it, and the Paris meridian was the world's reference until Greenwich won the argument in 1884.
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