Jean-Louis Pons (24 December 1761 – 14 October 1831) was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the...
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approach to perihelion. Comet Pons-Brooks was conclusively discovered at Marseilles Observatory in July 1812 by Jean-Louis Pons, and on its next appearance...
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Pons is a lunar impact crater that is located to the west of the prominent Rupes Altai scarp. It was named after French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons. It...
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7P/Pons–Winnecke (also known as Comet Pons–Winnecke) is a periodic Jupiter-family comet with a six-year orbit. Early calculations for the 1921 apparition...
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most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. William Robert Brooks was born in Maidstone, England, the son of Caroline...
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independently discovered by Nell de Bréauté at Dieppe on December 29, by Jean-Louis Pons on the morning of December 30, and by Wilhelm von Biela at Prague on...
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astronomer Jean-Louis Pons, who worked at Marseilles Observatory, Lucca, and Florence observatories. Some comets were discovered by Pons gained other...
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273P/Pons–Gambart, also called Comet Pons-Gambart, is a periodic comet in a retrograde orbit first discovered on June 21, 1827 by Jean-Louis Pons and Jean-Félix...
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being obscured for several days by moonlight, it was also found by Jean-Louis Pons on April 11, while Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach was able to confirm...
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Look up Pons or pons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pons (Catalan pronunciation: [pons]) is a surname of Catalan origin. It is also given name. Within...
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