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Edwin Foster Coddington

1870 - 1950

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Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870 – December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer and discoverer of astronomical objects. He co-discovered the comet C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly), also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. He also discovered 3 asteroids, and the galaxy IC 2574 in Ursa Major, which later became known as "Coddington's Nebula". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Foster Coddington is the 503rd most popular astronomer (up from 512th in 2019), the 7,763rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,807th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 503 out of 644. Before him are Forest Ray Moulton, Margaret Harwood, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, and Robert H. McNaught. After him are Frederik Kaiser, William Henry Smyth, Ruby Payne-Scott, DeLisle Stewart, Giuseppe Asclepi, and Miguel Itzigsohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 139. Before him are José María Moncada, Ivan Perestiani, Hermann Harms, Sascha Schneider, Frank Norris, and Julián Besteiro. After him are DeLisle Stewart, Lloyd Hildebrand, Charles Homer Haskins, John Marin, Marcus Loew, and Julius Körner. Among people deceased in 1950, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 161. Before him are Antonina Nezhdanova, Frederic Zelnik, Alice Kober, Tommaso Costantino, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Karel Koželuh. After him are László Cseh, Semyon Frank, Alberto Ohaco, Peter Kemp, Oscar Osthoff, and Miguel Mariano Gómez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 7,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Val Avery (1924), Jennifer Batten (1957), Jack Medica (1914), Greg Louganis (1960), Camille Keaton (1947), and Burton Jastram (1910). After him are Brad Friedel (1971), Oliver Ellsworth (1745), Bert Schneider (1897), Harry Reid (1939), Mario Runco Jr. (1952), and Tony Scott (1921).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 99. Before him are Edward S. Holden (1846), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Margaret Harwood (1885), and Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898). After him are DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), and Marc Aaronson (1950).

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