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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 astronomer, of Catalan origin, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josep Comas i Solà has received more than 22,119 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Josep Comas i Solà is the 263rd most popular astronomer (down from 245th in 2019), the 995th most popular biography from Spain (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 263 out of 644. Before him are George Ellery Hale, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Nevil Maskelyne, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Maria Clara Eimmart, and Sherburne Wesley Burnham. After him are Otto Struve, Seth Carlo Chandler, André-Louis Danjon, William Cranch Bond, Guido Bonatti, and Jean-Louis Pons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 110. Before him are Mihailo Petrović, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Infanta Blanca of Spain, Patriarch Miron of Romania, James Connolly, and George Ellery Hale. After him are Hugo Eckener, Vydūnas, Cuno Amiet, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, René de Saussure, and Sumner Paine. Among people deceased in 1937, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 90. Before him are Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Ieronim Uborevich, Movses Silikyan, Erkki Melartin, Henri Lebasque, and Adolf Erman. After him are Nathan Birnbaum, Scipione Riva-Rocci, Mikhail Diterikhs, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Muslim Magomayev, and Les Kurbas.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 995 out of 3,355. Before him are Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Juan José Omella (1946), Alberto Contador (1982), Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945), Miguel Ricardo de Álava (1772), and Juan Pizarro (1511). After him are Joaquín Sabina (1949), Galindo Aznárez I (825), Luis Regueiro (1908), Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo (1787), Antonio Moreno (1887), and Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Spain

Among astronomers born in Spain, Josep Comas i Solà ranks 7. Before him are Avempace (1080), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Maslama al-Majriti (950), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), Antonio de Ulloa (1716), and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220).

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