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Born Diest, Belgium, 21 January 1848
Died Paris, France, 21 June 1908
Luiz Cruls was director of the Rio de Janeiro Observatory (Brazil). His annus mirabilis was 1882; in that year he observed the transit of Venus and discovered the Great Comet C/1882 R1 (on 10 September). A crater on Mars is named for Cruls.
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Hockey, T. (2014). Cruls, Luiz. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9043
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