1868 - 1937
Josep Comas i Solà (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈkoməz i suˈla]; Barcelona 17 December 1868 – 2 December 1937) was a Spanish astronomer, of Catalan origin, discoverer of minor planets, comets, and double stars.He wrote his first astronomy notes at 10, 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.). He discovered the periodic comet 32P/Comas Solà, and co-discovered the non-periodic comet C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Solà); he is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 11 asteroids during 1915–1930. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josep Comas i Solà has received more than 20,326 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Josep Comas i Solà is the 245th most popular astronomer (down from 227th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 842nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 245 out of 531. Before him are Johannes Schöner, Wilhelm von Biela, Iosif Shklovsky, Cleostratus, Freimut Börngen, and Nevil Maskelyne. After him are Fred Lawrence Whipple, William Cranch Bond, Seth Carlo Chandler, Hubert Reeves, Paul Wild, and Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin.
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 239
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 240
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 241
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 242
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 243
1732 - 1811
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 244
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 245
1906 - 2004
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 246
1789 - 1859
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 247
1846 - 1913
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 248
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 249
1925 - 2014
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 250
1845 - 1904
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 251
Among people born in 1868, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 106. Before him are Hovhannes Kajaznuni, George Arliss, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Alois Musil, Georgy Voronoy, and Hugo Eckener. After him are Ivan Regen, Max Slevogt, Vydūnas, Juventino Rosas, John Nance Garner, and Wilhelm Stekel. Among people deceased in 1937, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 90. Before him are Philip de László, Alexander Shliapnikov, Adolf Erman, Alfred Abel, Nathan Birnbaum, and Yehuda Pen. After him are Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova, Erkki Melartin, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Henri Lebasque, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, and Renate Müller.
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 100
1868 - 1946
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 101
1868 - 1919
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 102
1868 - 1944
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 103
1868 - 1908
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 104
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 105
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 106
1868 - 1947
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 107
1868 - 1932
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 108
1868 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 109
1868 - 1894
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 110
1868 - 1967
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 111
1868 - 1940
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 112
1869 - 1937
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 84
1885 - 1937
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 85
1854 - 1937
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 86
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 87
1864 - 1937
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 88
1854 - 1937
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 89
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 90
1878 - 1937
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 91
1875 - 1937
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 92
1873 - 1937
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 93
1865 - 1937
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 94
1901 - 1937
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 95
1906 - 1937
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 96
Among people born in Spain, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 943 out of 2,932. Before him are Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831), Eleanor of Arborea (1340), Joan Segarra (1927), Eduardo Dato (1856), and Cristóbal de Olid (1487). After him are Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo (1787), Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius (-160), Miguel Cabanellas (1872), Rocío Jurado (1946), Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538), and Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342).
1760 - 1828
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 937
1831 - 1900
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 938
1340 - 1404
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 939
1927 - 2008
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 940
1856 - 1921
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 941
1487 - 1524
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 942
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 943
1787 - 1862
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 944
160 BC - 1 BC
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 945
1872 - 1938
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 946
1946 - 2006
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 947
1538 - 1606
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 948
1342 - 1374
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 949
Among astronomers born in Spain, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 6. Before him are Avempace (1080), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Maslama al-Majriti (950), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), and Antonio de Ulloa (1716).
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 2
950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 3
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 5
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 6