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Place of Birth: Reims, Grand Est, France
About Jean-Claude Pecker
- Jean-Claude Pecker (born 10 May 1923) is a French astronomer, astrophysicist and author, member of the Académie des Sciences and former director of the Nice Observatory.
- He served as the secretary-general of the International Astronomical Union from 1964 to 1967.
- Pecker was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French amateur astronomical society, from 1973-1976.
- He was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen by the French Astronomical Society in 1967.
- A minor planet (1629 Pecker) is named after him.
- Pecker is a vocal opponent of astrology and pseudo-science and was the president of the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS), a skeptical organisation which promotes scientific enquiry in the face of quackery and obscurantism.
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