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Josep Comas i Solà

1868 - 1937

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Josep Comas i Solà (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈkoməz i suˈla]; Barcelona 17 December 1868 – 2 December 1937) was a Spanish (Catalan) astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, comets, and double stars. He wrote his first astronomy notes at the age of ten, and was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist magazine. 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 Spanish and American Astronomical Society (Spanish: Sociedad Astrónomica de España y América; S.A.D.E.Y.A.). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josep Comas i Solà is the 243rd most popular astronomer (up from 263rd in 2019), the 794th most popular biography from Spain (up from 995th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 243 out of 644. Before him are Wilhelm Gliese, Paul Wild, Rudolf Wolf, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Cleomedes, and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann. After him are Alfred Fowler, Benjamin Baillaud, Charles T. Kowal, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Margherita Hack, and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 95. Before him are La Belle Otero, Jaan Tõnisson, Robert W. Wood, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, and Evelyn Beatrice Hall. After him are Alfred Fowler, Lauri Ingman, Otto von Lossow, Cai Yuanpei, Carl Brockelmann, and Hélène de Pourtalès. Among people deceased in 1937, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 71. Before him are Richard Boleslawski, Elihu Root, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Lev Karakhan, Horacio Quiroga, and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Eero Järnefelt, André Bessette, Jaan Anvelt, Karel Kramář, George Albert Boulenger, and Paul Émile Chabas.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 794 out of 3,355. Before him are Carlos Sainz Jr. (1994), Félix Candela (1910), Javier Irureta (1948), Juan Alonso (1927), Enrique Cerezo (1948), and Felip Pedrell (1841). After him are Alejandro Lerroux (1864), Infante Gonzalo of Spain (1914), Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834), Andregoto Galíndez (910), Juan de Garay (1528), and Lubna of Córdoba (922).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Spain

Among astronomers born in Spain, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 5. Before him are Avempace (1080), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Maslama al-Majriti (950), and Antonio de Ulloa (1716). After him are Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220).

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