Joseph comas i sola biography and facts

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    Josep Comas i Solà

    Spanish astronomer

    Asteroids discovered: 11 [1]
    804 HispaniaMarch 20, 1915
    925 AlphonsinaJanuary 13, 1920
    945 BarcelonaFebruary 3, 1921
    986 AmeliaOctober 19, 1922
    1102 PepitaNovember 5, 1928
    1117 ReginitaMay 24, 1927
    1136 MercedesOctober 30, 1929
    1188 GothlandiaSeptember 30, 1930
    1626 SadeyaJanuary 10, 1927
    1655 Comas SolàNovember 28, 1929
    1708 PólitDecember 1, 1929

    Josep Comas i Solà (Catalan pronunciation:[ʒuˈzɛpˈkoməzisuˈla]; Barcelona 17 December 1868 – 2 December 1937) was a Spanish astronomer, of Catalan origin, discoverer of minor planets, comets, and double stars.[2][3][4][5]

    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.[6]

    He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the rotation period of the latter