Jean-Baptiste Biot had a particular interest in what celestial objects?
Planets
Stars
Comets
Meteorites
Answer
Jean-Baptiste Biot had a particular interest in meteorites. He was one of the first people to study them scientifically, and he helped to establish that they were extraterrestrial objects. Biot's research on meteorites helped to lay the foundation for the modern science of meteoritics.
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