E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (born 1870)

E. M. Antoniadi

Greek-French astronomer

Eugène Michel Antoniadi was a Greek-French astronomer. He is known for creating the Antoniadi scale as well as for his observations of the planets, and was a major opponent of the notion of Martian canals. He created some very detailed maps of Mars and many features on the…