Josep Comas i Solà
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| Asteroids discovered: 11 | |
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| 804 Hispania | March 20, 1915 |
| 925 Alphonsina | January 13, 1920 |
| 945 Barcelona | February 3, 1921 |
| 986 Amelia | October 19, 1922 |
| 1102 Pepita | November 5, 1928 |
| 1117 Reginita | May 24, 1927 |
| 1136 Mercedes | October 30, 1929 |
| 1188 Gothlandia | September 30, 1930 |
| 1626 Sadeya | January 10, 1927 |
| 1655 Comas Solà | November 28, 1929 |
| 1708 Pólit | December 1, 1929 |
Josep Comas i Solà (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈkoməs i suˈla]) (17 December 1868 – 2 December 1937) was a Spanish Catalan[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] astronomer born in Barcelona.
He wrote his first astronomy notes at 10, and was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist magazine.[11]
He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the rotation period of the latter. He wrote some books popularizing astronomy, and was first president of the Sociedad Astrónomica de España y América. He discovered the periodic comet 32P/Comas Solà, and co-discovered the non-periodic comet C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Solà); he also discovered some asteroids. The asteroids 1102 Pepita (from his nickname Pepito) and 1655 Comas Solà are named after him.
In 1907 he claimed to observe limb darkening of Saturn's moon Titan, the first evidence that the body had an atmosphere. He was the director of Fabra Observatory since it was established in 1904.
References
- ^ Cassini at Saturn: Huygens results, p. 31, p. 61
- ^ Titan, p. xiv
- ^ Encyclopedia of the Solar System, p. 831
- ^ Titan from Cassini–Huygens, p. 9
- ^ The Cassini–Huygens mission: overview, objectives, and Huygens istrumentarium, p. 419
- ^ José Comas y Solá, un barcelonés con estrella
- ^ Josep Comas i Solà: divulgador científico
- ^ 1915: Descubrimiento del primer asteroide por científicos españoles
- ^ Villa Urania de Josep Comas i Solà
- ^ José Comas i Solá, astrónomo
- ^ Baedeker's Barcelona Peter M. Nahm, Automobile Association (Great Britain) - 1992 "Josep Comas i Solà (1868–1937) Born in Barcelona, Josep Comas i Sola soon made his mark as an astronomer; he was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist magazine. "
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