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Between 1801 and 1827 Pons discovered thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.
He discovered four periodic comets, only two of which bear his name today. One of them (observed on November 26, 1818) was named Comet Encke after Johann Franz Encke, who calculated its orbit and determined its remarkably short period. Pons was also a co-discoverer of the comet formerly known as "Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes" and today known as 27P/Crommelin after Andrew Crommelin, who calculated its orbit. The periodic comets that bear his name are 7P/Pons-Winnecke and 12P/Pons-Brooks.
Pons was born at Peyre ( Hautes-AlpesHautes-Alpes Details Information Number05 Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Prefecture Gap Subprefecture Briancon Population Total ( 1999) Density Ranked 98th 121,419 22 /km² Area5,549 km² Arrondissements 2 Cantons 30 Communes 177 President of the general). He entered the MarseilleMarseilles redirects here. There is also Marseilles, Illinois. Marseille (English Marseilles Provencal Marsilha is the second largest city in France. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean sea, it is France's largest commercia observatory in 1789Events January 7 First nationwide United States election January 21 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth is printed in Boston, Massachusetts January 23 Georgetown College becomes the first Catholic coll, and in 1819Events January 17 Simon Bolivar proclaims the Republic of Colombia January 29 Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore February 6 Formal treaty between Sultan Hussein of Johor and the British Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles originates Singapore F became the director of the new observatory at Marlia near LuccaLucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. It is one of the most conservative and richest cities in Northern Italy. Cattedrale San Martino, Lucca Lucca was founded by the Etruscans and becam, which he left in 1825 for the observatory of the museum at FlorenceFlorence ( Italian, Firenze is a city in the center of Tuscany, in north-west Italy, on the Arno river, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ( 18.
Pons received the Lalande Prize in 1818, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences, for his discovery of three comets in that year.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica