Josep Comas Solá
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| Asteroids discovered: 11 | |
|---|---|
| 804 Hispania | March 20, 1915 |
| 925 Alphonsina | January 13, 1920 |
| 945 Barcelona | February 3, 1921 |
| 986 Amelia | October 19, 1922 |
| 1102 Pepita | November 5, 1928 |
| 1117 Reginita | May 24, 1927 |
| 1136 Mercedes | October 30, 1929 |
| 1188 Gothlandia | September 30, 1930 |
| 1626 Sadeya | January 10, 1927 |
| 1655 Comas Sola | November 28, 1929 |
| 1708 Pólit | December 1, 1929 |
Josep Comas i Solà (Catalan) or José Comas y Solá (Spanish) (December 19, 1868–December 2, 1937) was a Catalan astronomer.
He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the period of rotation of the latter. He wrote some books popularizing astronomy, and was first president of the Sociedad Astrónomica de España y América.
He discovered the periodic comet 32P/Comas Solá, and co-discovered the non-periodic C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Sola); he also discovered some asteroids.
The asteroids 1102 Pepita (from his nickname Pepito) and 1655 Comas Solá are named after him.
In 1907 he claimed to observe limb darkening of Saturn's moon Titan, the first evidence that the body had an atmosphere.
